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Whenever I hear about decimalisation, I always think of one of the footnotes in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.Dandy Forsdyke wrote:What a crazy idea £, s, d was when you think about it. The Aussies came to their senses about five years before the Brits.
NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS:
One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:
Two Farthings = One Ha'penny. Two Ha'penny = One Penny. Three Pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpence = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Note = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.
The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.
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Do you have your Head of State on the obverse of the coins?dissolute wrote:Australia decimalised on 14 February 1966:
http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-Web ... ecimal.htm
Our smallest coin now is the 5c piece, but you don't see them often. 10c pieces are most likely to be someone's smallest coin now. The 1 & 2 cent coins are no longer legal tender.
We have coins for 5, 10, 20, 50 cents, plus $1 and $2.
Notes are $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.
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If you are still checking in, I'm recent to the Forum, but found your website utterly excellent! I've been spending too much time there, reading your lovely little descriptions and enjoying the props of the shows. Thank You for your commitment to such fascinating details!
If you are still checking in, I'm recent to the Forum, but found your website utterly excellent! I've been spending too much time there, reading your lovely little descriptions and enjoying the props of the shows. Thank You for your commitment to such fascinating details!
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Oh yes, I check in when I can. Alan and Jaz are very good to me... it's them we should thank for the continued growth of my site.
I need to rush oput and buy Season 3 now, as I've *just* finished Season 2.
So much more material from one release!
I need to rush oput and buy Season 3 now, as I've *just* finished Season 2.
So much more material from one release!
Mrs Peel, you're needed!
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Every episode from 1961 to 1977 plus more trivia than you can shake a brolly at.
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Every episode from 1961 to 1977 plus more trivia than you can shake a brolly at.
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