Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoYou gained poundslemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1696arrow-down115
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minus-squareDasnap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoSterling wasn’t even decimalised until the 70s, so you’d often be talking about florins, shillings, pence etc. before pounds. So in a lot of ways it was even worse!
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI had forgotten about predecimal currency! God I’m glad the US never did that shit
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoInflation would be heavy in that system
Sterling wasn’t even decimalised until the 70s, so you’d often be talking about florins, shillings, pence etc. before pounds.
So in a lot of ways it was even worse!
I had forgotten about predecimal currency! God I’m glad the US never did that shit
Inflation would be heavy in that system