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Old 08-08-2018, 11:44 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
Baby-boomer Brits might remember the old UK currency, not only did it have two separators (spaces, slashes, or less often periods), the units weren't decimal and it had fractions too!

So - £2.11.8¼ x 3 = £7.14.4¾ (I think)
Also written as £2 11s. 8¼d.

£sd = pound + sterling + pence

(I was just talking about this with an acquaintance when digitizing the latest round of books.)

Seems like most currencies were decimalized during the 1800s-1970s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimalization

with the British £sd converted to decimalization in 1971:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_Day

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