Re: USAGE: Currencies and -s

Raymond Brown wrote:
> But the trouble with gold coinage is that if inflation weakens the pound,
> the coin becomes worth more than its face value!
That seems really odd to have a coin whose value changes.

> The Florin was introduced by them as a tenth of a
> pound which, of course, it was as it was worth 2 shillings.  There was,
> apparently, a limited amount of dimes (1/10 of a Florin) and cents (1/100
> of a Florin) minted, but never issued as the Victorian decimalization was
> never implemented.
So, the "cent" would've been 1/1000 of a pound?

Do you, or does anyone else on the list, know of a good website about
the old British money, and the origins of those coins, and other
countries' as well?  I'd like to get some ideas for con-monetary
systems.

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