From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 03/01/2026 12:09, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 1/3/26 03:42, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 03/01/2026 02:39, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> On the flip, the USA currency system IS far more   
   >>>    clear than traditional British - 'decimal'.   
   >>   
   >> The traditional British was not 'decimal'   
   >   
   >    Awkwardly-worded alas, trying to say the US system   
   >    is 'decimal'.   
   >   
   >    The old Brit system ... dunno WHAT the hell happened there.   
   >   
   >   
   It sorta grew....I think the old pound was a pound of silver or something.   
      
   "It's called "pound sterling" because the "pound" originally referred to   
   a pound weight of silver, and "sterling" denoted the high quality and   
   purity of the silver coins (sterlings) used to make up that weight, with   
   240 pennies equaling one pound of silver. The name evolved from "a pound   
   of sterlings" into the shorter "pound sterling," signifying a trusted   
   currency backed by a specific weight of fine silver. "   
      
      
   Shilling is I think a Dutch/germanic word. It just means a division   
      
   As is IIRC dollar - or is that Spanish?   
      
   The British crown and half crown were one quarter and one eighth of a   
   pound.   
      
   The halfpenny and farthing were on half and one quarter of a penny.   
      
   The groat  was four pence.   
      
   The tanner was six pence.   
      
   A florin was two shillings or a tenth of a pound (The name is linked to   
   Florence, a city known for flourishing, and its famous 13th-century gold   
   coin, the florin, which featured a lily symbol. ).   
      
   twenty one shillings was a guinea. A sort of turbo charged pound.   
      
   No more difficult than feet, yards, inches, miles, gallons and degrees   
   Fahrenheit...   
      
      
      
      
      
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   true: it is true because it is powerful."   
      
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