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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 964575, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Nice coin Siberianman !!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There are 12 English Pence to the English Shilling.&nbsp; This coin is 1/13th of an English Shilling.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure that everyone at CT understands why there would be an English coin issued at 1/13th of an English Shilling..........</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the day, the monetary exchange rate was that 26 French Livres equaled one English Pound.&nbsp; Therefore, one English Shilling was worth 26 French Sous.&nbsp; Therefore, 1/13th of an English Shilling was precisely 2 Sous which they called &quot;pièce de deux sous&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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