[SOC] Duh, I pressed the wrong button didn't I?.

[bob baxter]

Now, there's another one I've always wondered about but was afraid to
ask.
Bob Baxter AA7EQ
Bisbee, Az.

> Four farthings = one penny
> Two hape'neys = one penny also
> Three pennies = one thep'ny bit
> six pennies (or two threp'ny bits) = one tanner
> two tanners = one bob
> twelve pennies = one bob
> four threp'ny bits = one bob
> One tanner and two threp'ny bits = one bob
> two bob = two bob
> a two bob bit and a tanner (or two threp'ny bits) = half a crown
> two half crowns = five bob
> five bob = one dollar (UK)
> four half crowns = ten bob
> two ten bobs, or eight half crowns, or ten two-bob bits = twenty bob,
or
> even 240 pennies = one
> quid
> one quid and one bob (or two tanners) = one guinea
> 20 quid = one score
> 100 quid = one ton
> 1000 quid = a grand
>
> How could we have made it any simpler for you?.



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