As soon as I saw it I said to myself - there were 240 pennies (not pence) to the old £ - not 120. When you have to sit and learn money etc tables by rote you do not forget them. And it had to be by rote because there is no working this stuff out from basic principles. So I still know without looking up that there are 8 furlongs to a mile and 1760 yards to a mile as well as 240 pennies to a £!! Don't forget the tanner - 6d; the two bob or florin 2 shillings; the half a dollar or half a crown or 2 shillings and sixpence. Plus the thruppence or three penny bit, the farthing and the ten bob note. All of which I have secreted away if I could only remember where .... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "2twigs3" <[email protected]> To: "Richard Talbot" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ > Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. Each > pound was divided > into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. These were divided into 12 > each twelve pence was called a shilling, so there were 20 shillings to the > £" > > Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. Maths > was > a very weak subject with me,, > but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest > you > for new chancellor. > Jo. > > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message