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Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
Date:Saturday, December 22, 2001, 11:34
>> There was no tenth part of a pound, until 1849 when the UK >> made the first tentative baby steps towards decimalisation. >> Note that the older (large sized) 10p coins are the same size >> and composition as the old florin.
Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> Are these 10p coins or 10d coins?
A florin is 2s, and circulated as 10p until the late Eighties when the 10p coin was downsized to save wear on pockets. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/