non decimal currency is wild because decimal currency makes so much sense
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thomastempest623 months, 1 week ago
What the joke misses is that this would've made perfect sense back then
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jacqueline.long3 months, 1 week ago
Funny, and informative as regards pre-decimal English currency, as this is, it should be pointed out that pretty much all currencies in Europe were like this at this point in time. The first decimal currency was the Russian Ruble, in 1534, around the English Tudor era, but decimalisation didn't really take-off until the late 18th century when the French decimalised after their Revolution. The man looking to change his money sounds French, at least an Englishman's bad attempt at a French accent. During England's Tudor period, France used Livre Tournois, which - like the English Pound to Pennies - was divided into 240 Denier, and - like the English Pound to Shillings - 20 Sous, and featured many intermediate coins of varied value. The French Ecu, for example, was in some ways even more confusing than any English coinage, as its value varied massively, relative to other coins within the same system of currency.
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reynaldo_godínez3 months, 1 week ago
And 29 knuts to a sickle. And 17 sickles to a galleon.
This is the stuff that phone games do with currency.
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hugo.ozuna3 months ago
I'm 68 and understood most of that... and used about 2/3 of them. I tried explaining the pre decimal system to my 10 year old grandson and it came out pretty much like the clip. I can still do pre-decimal money calculations in my head, too.
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zoé_rousset3 months, 1 week ago
I miss the Pounds shillings and pence. Threepenny bits!.
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corinne.daniel3 months, 1 week ago
This is why harry potter currency is the way it is.
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dawn_horton3 months, 1 week ago
The hell is this 😂
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john.jensen3 months, 1 week ago
As a numismatist who enjoys collecting historical coins, I’ve never even heard of this Angel before.
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john.jensen3 months ago
In Australia we had halfpenny, penny, threepence, sixpence or a zack, shilling or a bob, two shillings or two bob, officially called a florin, then a ten shilling note, then the pound notes (20 shillings) etc. Some shopkeepers would price a product in guineas, which were 21 shillings. I bought a little alarm clock for 2 guineas, that's £2/2/- or 2 pounds and 2 shillings. Now we have dollars and cents.
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nehaganesh9763 months, 1 week ago
This remind me of the laundry scene in Band of Brothers. A soldier from US gave an English lady a handful of coins to pay for his laundry. Latter on I realize it was because he did not understand how the British currency work. That was an amazing small detail.
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charles_renard3 months ago
This is how most European currencies worked because it was the way the Romans did it
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reynaldo_godínez3 months ago
As a coin collector, Bristish pre decimal currency makes more sense then whatever the French were doing with their sols and ECUs and Francs, sols having 10℅ silver content, 30 sols which is equal to 1/4 ECU has 50% silver content while an ECU regardless of if it is a half ECU or a Quarter ECU or a 1/10th of a ECU has 90% silver content. 1/5 ECU has more silver content than 30 sols while 30 sols are higher deno than 1/5 ECU, make sense out of that one. Not even going to talk about Lirads and Dineris or even Livres. Make sense out of that one.
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william_grant3 months, 1 week ago
I first came to England when I was 13. I remember the coins well. The oldest Penny I had, still showed queen Victoria (though it was quite worn). I loved the threepence coin. 20 shillings were one Pound. Happy memories of visiting Boots, Pretty Polly and the charity shop.. Oh, yes, and the Avon lady... 😂🎉
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ericarguello2663 months ago
As if the French Pound was any less confusing.
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jacqueline.long3 months ago
Coin counting turn into rocket science.
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lilia_medrano3 months, 1 week ago
I remember using farthings - they had a wren on them. You could buy one Fruit Salad or one Blackjack for a farthing.
non decimal currency is wild because decimal currency makes so much sense
What the joke misses is that this would've made perfect sense back then
Funny, and informative as regards pre-decimal English currency, as this is, it should be pointed out that pretty much all currencies in Europe were like this at this point in time. The first decimal currency was the Russian Ruble, in 1534, around the English Tudor era, but decimalisation didn't really take-off until the late 18th century when the French decimalised after their Revolution. The man looking to change his money sounds French, at least an Englishman's bad attempt at a French accent. During England's Tudor period, France used Livre Tournois, which - like the English Pound to Pennies - was divided into 240 Denier, and - like the English Pound to Shillings - 20 Sous, and featured many intermediate coins of varied value. The French Ecu, for example, was in some ways even more confusing than any English coinage, as its value varied massively, relative to other coins within the same system of currency.
And 29 knuts to a sickle. And 17 sickles to a galleon.
How it was explained 4 Farthing = 1 penny = 1 pence 4 pennies = 1 groat 12 pennies = 1shilling 2 shilling, 6 pence = 1 quarter angle 120 Pennies = 10 shillings = 1 angle = 1 half pound 60 pennies = 1 half angle = 1 crown = 5 shillings 240 pennies = 1 pound = 20 shillings 1 Sovereign = 30 shillings To simplify lowest to highest by pennies 1 Penny = 4 Farthing 1 Penny = 2 half pennies 4 Penny = 1 groat 12 Pennies = 1 shilling 30 Pennies = 1 quater angle 60 Pennies = 1 half angle = 1 crown 120 Pennies = 1 Angle = 1 half pound 240 Pennies = 1 Pound 360 Pennies = 1 Sovereign
This is the stuff that phone games do with currency.
I'm 68 and understood most of that... and used about 2/3 of them. I tried explaining the pre decimal system to my 10 year old grandson and it came out pretty much like the clip. I can still do pre-decimal money calculations in my head, too.
I miss the Pounds shillings and pence. Threepenny bits!.
This is why harry potter currency is the way it is.
The hell is this 😂
As a numismatist who enjoys collecting historical coins, I’ve never even heard of this Angel before.
In Australia we had halfpenny, penny, threepence, sixpence or a zack, shilling or a bob, two shillings or two bob, officially called a florin, then a ten shilling note, then the pound notes (20 shillings) etc. Some shopkeepers would price a product in guineas, which were 21 shillings. I bought a little alarm clock for 2 guineas, that's £2/2/- or 2 pounds and 2 shillings. Now we have dollars and cents.
This remind me of the laundry scene in Band of Brothers. A soldier from US gave an English lady a handful of coins to pay for his laundry. Latter on I realize it was because he did not understand how the British currency work. That was an amazing small detail.
This is how most European currencies worked because it was the way the Romans did it
As a coin collector, Bristish pre decimal currency makes more sense then whatever the French were doing with their sols and ECUs and Francs, sols having 10℅ silver content, 30 sols which is equal to 1/4 ECU has 50% silver content while an ECU regardless of if it is a half ECU or a Quarter ECU or a 1/10th of a ECU has 90% silver content. 1/5 ECU has more silver content than 30 sols while 30 sols are higher deno than 1/5 ECU, make sense out of that one. Not even going to talk about Lirads and Dineris or even Livres. Make sense out of that one.
I first came to England when I was 13. I remember the coins well. The oldest Penny I had, still showed queen Victoria (though it was quite worn). I loved the threepence coin. 20 shillings were one Pound. Happy memories of visiting Boots, Pretty Polly and the charity shop.. Oh, yes, and the Avon lady... 😂🎉
As if the French Pound was any less confusing.
Coin counting turn into rocket science.
I remember using farthings - they had a wren on them. You could buy one Fruit Salad or one Blackjack for a farthing.
Old money was crazy. 😅