TIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.
TIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.
Also, that the Sterling is the longest continuous use currency in the world.
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Is metric £ not counted as a new currency? Seems like you have to go through a lot of the same efforts as you would moving to a new currency.
No, because the £ didn't change, it was just divided up differently.
A pre-decimal £ is the same as a decimal £.
You could technically still pay in Shillings until they redesigned the 5p.
My grandparents still called them shillings sometimes, but been a long time since I've heard that!
I'm only old enough to remember the old 10 and 50p
I vaguely recall the decimal ha'penny. I am old.
Yeah, to be fair it wur'all fields back then, far as the eye
In Austria we also had the 'Schilling' before the Euro
I'm still not sure how this 2 currencies are connected - at least by name...