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France - 5 Francs, 1960

 

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France to Belgium

 

Netherlands - 25 Cents, 1918

 

Luxembourg.

 

1990 Germany 2 marks

 

So that makes it a penny, right? Twelve pence in a shilling?

 

Yes, correct. 12 pence to a shilling. The coin is what it is, 1/12 of a shilling. For example, I have a couple of 1/4 penny South African coins. I know that would equal a farthing, however I just let them be what it says on the coin.

 

Let's head north to Denmark with this 1962 25-ore piece (KM 850).

 

1945 Sweden 10 ore

 

Next - the Land of the Fins! Finland! Suomi! Let me see your Baltic and Hanseatic coins. Please.

 

1995 F Germany 2 pfennig

 

Funny, for all of these years I have been collecting and it has been a long time, I never attempted to try and understand the British system.

 

It's rather easy but also easy to forget if one doesn't use it frequently. Now I just remember . . .

• farthing (1/4 penny)
• halfpenny (duh)
• penny (double duh)
  
• groat (four-pence)
• shilling (12-pence)
• and pound (240-pence - or 20 shillings)

There are more between shilling and a pound (florin, crown, maybe something else) but I forget how many pence each is. I've got it written down somewhere on an index card but I can't seem to find it, which is the norm.

EDIT & ADDITION - I just remembered that a guinea is 21 shillings. I read something recently that said guineas are used to price horses. I don't remember why that is done; maybe it didn't say.

 

I feel like a trip to Poland. Second Republic (1918-39). A 1923 10-groszy (Y 11).

 

1943 Denmark 25 ore zink

 

From Denmark to Sweden with a 1983-U five-kronor (KM 853). Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning king of the kingdom.

 

Finland - 10 Markkaa, 1975 Kekkonen

 

2019 Russia 5 rubles

 

Kazakhstan 50 tenge Altyn Kyran order

 

Kyrgzstan 2008 3 som