Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoYou gained poundslemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down114
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minus-squareDasnap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoSterling wasn’t even decimalised until the 70s, so you’d often be talking about florins, shillings, pence etc. before pounds. So in a lot of ways it was even worse!
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI had forgotten about predecimal currency! God I’m glad the US never did that shit
Sterling wasn’t even decimalised until the 70s, so you’d often be talking about florins, shillings, pence etc. before pounds.
So in a lot of ways it was even worse!
I had forgotten about predecimal currency! God I’m glad the US never did that shit
Inflation would be heavy in that system