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<p>[QUOTE="sakata, post: 2799928, member: 23778"]It was not 6p, is was 6d. p is the abbreviation for pence, as in the decimal system. d was the abbreviation for pennies as in the predecimal system. It originated for the old Roman denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>We had sixpence, but never six pence. That was always six pennies. I'm not old enough to remember the old 3d silver coin but I do remember the 12-sided coin. It was a thrupenny bit, rarely a threepence, although if the total price was 3d we said thrupence. Similarly we had pennies and ha'pennies (half pennies), never ha'pence, although it the total was 12.5d it would be called a shilling and ha'pence. Thirteen pennies was not "one shilling and a penny" but "one and a penny". A pound, 5 shillings and 6 pence was "one pound, 5 and sixpence". Yes, it is confusing, but those of us who grew up with in never gave a though to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sakata, post: 2799928, member: 23778"]It was not 6p, is was 6d. p is the abbreviation for pence, as in the decimal system. d was the abbreviation for pennies as in the predecimal system. It originated for the old Roman denarius. We had sixpence, but never six pence. That was always six pennies. I'm not old enough to remember the old 3d silver coin but I do remember the 12-sided coin. It was a thrupenny bit, rarely a threepence, although if the total price was 3d we said thrupence. Similarly we had pennies and ha'pennies (half pennies), never ha'pence, although it the total was 12.5d it would be called a shilling and ha'pence. Thirteen pennies was not "one shilling and a penny" but "one and a penny". A pound, 5 shillings and 6 pence was "one pound, 5 and sixpence". Yes, it is confusing, but those of us who grew up with in never gave a though to it.[/QUOTE]
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