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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DEA, post: 4566650, member: 90140&quot;]It&#039;s rather easy but also easy to forget if one doesn&#039;t use it frequently.&nbsp; Now I just remember . . .</p><ul> <li>farthing (1/4 penny)</li> <li>halfpenny (duh)</li> <li>penny (double duh)<br /> </li> <li>groat (four-pence)</li> <li>shilling (12-pence)</li> <li>and pound (240-pence - or 20 shillings)</li> </ul><p>There are more between shilling and a pound (florin, crown, maybe something else) but I forget how many pence each is.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got it written down somewhere on an index card but I can&#039;t seem to find it, which is the norm.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT &amp; ADDITION - I just remembered that a guinea is 21 shillings.&nbsp; I read something recently that said guineas are used to price horses.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember why that is done; maybe it didn&#039;t say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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