Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoYou’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more: Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it. Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat
You’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more:
Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it.
Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
Sorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat
My brain hurts.