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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... Aboriginal Noise What the ... 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) SusanG  ContribsTalk 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. Aboriginal Noise What the ... 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) SusanG  ContribsTalk 23:39, 15 October 2008 (EDT)
Oh, and, a halfpenny was exactly 1 inch in diameter (useless information #174) SusanG  ContribsTalk 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. Aboriginal Noise What the ... 09:24, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
Ah, so here's where all the "fun facts about currency" went! ArmondikoVpostate 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. Redchuck.gif ГенгисOur ignorance is God; what we know is science. 08:19, 22 October 2008 (EDT)