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Shows what I know...I always figured a "ten bob note" was ten pounds. Now I find out it is ten schillings? And I should know this, because I collect foreign (non-US) money. Dumb, dumb, dumb... 23:08, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
 * A ten pound note is a tenner among other things - the lowest denomination English note is now a fiver although 2 (3? do the clydesdale?) Scottish banks issue 1 pound notes. A ten bob note was ten shillings (= 50 pence) (note spelling - schillings were Austrian) 23:20, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Aw, goddammit. I can't win for losing.  I knew schilling was Austrian.  I have Austrian shillings and I have British shillings (in coin form).  Why did I type that?  Damn.  23:25, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
 * And just for interest: a Dollar was 5 shillings (Not commonly used, but strangely "Half a dollar [2/6 = 2 .shillings & 6 pence] was) Thre were 12 pennies in a shilling & 20 shillings in a pound (=240 pennies), 24 pennies in a florin (= 2 shillings = 1/10 pound). We had 12 sided threepenny bits ans tiny tiny "silver" sixpences (replaced with larger ones after the war). We had halfpennies (pronounced "haypny"!) and farthings (1/4 penny). The abbreviation for the money was LSD (pound = L, shilling = S & penny = D [go figure!]) Two shillings & thruppence ha'penny was written: 2/3½d. And we could add, subtact & multiply in this! Also of course there was the Guinea - £1/1/- One pound, one shilling, in which lots of transactions were carried out, There's still horse races called "The Thousand Guineas" and I believe racehoses are still bought & sold in guineas. (Aint it grand when you get old and daft) 23:39, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, and, a halfpenny was exactly 1 inch in diameter (useless information #174) 23:47, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Most Americans have enough trouble making change with dollars and cents. If we implemented a system like that, people's heads would explode!  Customers wouldn't know that the cashiers were giving them improper change and the like.   09:24, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Ah, so here's where all the "fun facts about currency" went!  A rmondiko V  User_Talk:Armondikov 09:30, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Well, the "D" for penny was from the Latin dinarius. And a dollar was 5 shillings because for many years there was a fixed exchange rate of $4 to £1.  Генгис    08:19, 22 October 2008 (EDT)