{"id":2665,"date":"2010-01-03T22:27:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T03:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2010-01-03T22:27:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T03:27:38","slug":"learned-todaycurrency-in-british-literature-the-endeavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/03\/learned-todaycurrency-in-british-literature-the-endeavour\/","title":{"rendered":"Learned Today::Currency in British literature \u2014 The Endeavour"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most basic denominations were pound<\/a>, shilling<\/a>, and penny. The pound and shilling had the nicknames quid and bob respectively. The plural of \u201cpenny\u201d is \u201cpence<\/a>.\u201d The terms \u201cquid\u201d and \u201cbob\u201d are both singular and plural. A pound equaled 20 shillings and a shilling equaled 12 pence. Pound, shilling, and pence had the abbreviations \u201cL\u201d, \u201cs\u201d, and \u201cd\u201d which came from the Roman librae, solidi<\/a>, and denarii.A florin<\/a> was two shillings and a crown was five shillings. A guinea was 21 shillings. The reason a guinea was slightly more valuable than a pound had to do with precious metal<\/a> exchange rates.A few more denominations were self-evident. For example, the half crown<\/a> and sixpence<\/a> were worth what you\u2019d think.
\nvia Currency in British literature \u2014 The Endeavour<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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