Re: Types of numerals
| From: | R A Brown <ray@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 5, 2006, 7:40 |
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Tristan McLeay wrote:
> for "shillings" but "solidus". I imagine the name "solidus" for "/" is
> somehow related to its use in "11/14" for eleven shillings and fourteen
> pence,
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Yes, it was - the slash was originally a long oblique s /
/
_/
But _not_ 11/14!!
There were only 12 pence to one shilling. 11/11 is the most you can have
before you get to 12/- (as it used to be written in the good ol' days)
unless, of course, you want to have ha'pennies & farthings :)
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