Re: Types of numerals

Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
>  I imagine the name "solidus" for "/" is somehow related
> to its use in "11/14" for eleven shillings and fourteen
> pence, but I don't know which was the cause-and-effect
> is: was it called "solidus", after the currency because of
> its use, or was it used because it had the same name?

"11/14" seems an odd amount. Wouldn't that be "12/2"?
Sort of like saying "three dollars and 125 cents."

--Ph. D.