Originally posted by cashthetrashI'd rather have new coins than tattered old bills any day.
I think the funniest money I have seen is the Canadian money. The one dollar coin is called a 'loonie' because it has a picture of a 'bird' called the 'loon' on it. The two dollar coin is called a 'Twonie.'
'Loony Toons' like the cartoon.
"Abidy, abidy, abidy." "That's all folks." 😵
this is why it looked weird .... apparently y'all have followed the trend and adopted decimalization .... who knew? ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling#Subdivisions
"One pound is divided into 100 pence, the singular of which is "penny". The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) is usually pronounced "fifty pee" rather than "fifty pence".
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, each pound was divided into twenty shillings, with each shilling equal to twelve pence. The symbol for the shilling was "s" — not from the first letter of the word, but rather from the Latin word solidus. The symbol for the penny was "d", from the French word denier (sum of money), which in turn was from the Latin word denarius (the solidus and denarius were Roman coins). A mixed sum of shillings and pence such as "two shillings and six pence" would be written as "2/6" or "2s 6d" and spoken as "two and six". Five shillings would be written as "5s" or, more commonly, "5/‐". At the time of decimalisation, the smallest unit was the penny, although smaller value coins had been minted in years past.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotoh my giddy aunt here we go again with his https..................😵
this is why it looked weird .... apparently y'all have followed the trend and adopted decimalization .... who knew? ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling#Subdivisions
"One pound is divided into 100 pence, the singular of which is "penny". The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) is usually pronounced "fifty pee" ...[text shortened]... penny, although smaller value coins had been minted in years past.
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