Hey, American here. I watch tons of old British telly and I thought i had a good understanding of currency terms but now I’m confused. I thought a quid is just another word for a pound?
While im here, is pence-pennies,tuppence-2 pennies, a shilling-like a dime or something,bob-just slang for pound?
Plus you guys had the euro sort of wander in before brevity, it’s all so confusing.
A shilling used to be 12 pence, and there were 20 shillings in a pound for 240 pence to the pound, before we decimalised.
A dime is 10 cent, but that’s just the name for the coin. Shillings used to be a part of the number system which was split into three tiers, not two with a decimal place.
Bob used to be slang for a shilling, not a pound.
We’ve never had the euro. The Republic of Ireland uses the euro, but if you call them British you’ll get into real trouble.
Hey, American here. I watch tons of old British telly and I thought i had a good understanding of currency terms but now I’m confused. I thought a quid is just another word for a pound?
While im here, is pence-pennies,tuppence-2 pennies, a shilling-like a dime or something,bob-just slang for pound? Plus you guys had the euro sort of wander in before brevity, it’s all so confusing.
A shilling used to be 12 pence, and there were 20 shillings in a pound for 240 pence to the pound, before we decimalised.
A dime is 10 cent, but that’s just the name for the coin. Shillings used to be a part of the number system which was split into three tiers, not two with a decimal place.
Bob used to be slang for a shilling, not a pound.
We’ve never had the euro. The Republic of Ireland uses the euro, but if you call them British you’ll get into real trouble.
Most of those are old-timey pre-decimal coins. You only need to know pounds (or quid) and pennies (or pence).
What can you get for a penny these days?
Fuck-all
I think of quid as the british equivalent of “bucks”
But a buck is 1$, and the post states 2£ compensation? Or did it cost 1£? That’s where I am confusion.
It cost a quid and he got two back so he can buy two mars bars.
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