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Old November 13th 11, 04:49 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
Davey Crockett[_5_]
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Bob Martin a écrit profondement:

| in 659591 20111112 080952 Davey Crockett wrote:

| But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
| of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
| Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
| ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
| GBP(� ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
| vernacular.

| A florin became 10 pence. A sovereign was 21 shillings.

You are right

Davey just had a brain fart there and couldn't rememberr what they
called a 2 bob bit.

But Davey really does miss the silver thre'penny bits that his mom used
to hide in the Christmas puddings,

Sorry about that.

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