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Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
An Act for raising the Sum of three millions five hundred thousand Pounds by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year one thousand eight hundred. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 116))
It was usually 28 pounds, or two stone. [33] The tod, however, was not a national standard and could vary by English shire, ranging from 28 to 32 pounds. [33] In addition to the traditional definition in terms of pounds, the tod has historically also been considered to be 1 ⁄ 13 of a sack, 1 ⁄ 26 of a sarpler, [33] or 1 ⁄ 9 of a wey. [32]
All colonial pounds were of less value than the British pound sterling. [3] The coins in circulation during the colonial era were, most often, of Spanish and Portuguese origin. [ 3 ] For most of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Spanish dollar was one of the few widely accepted denominations by the people, which resulted in it serving as the ...
The definition of units of weight above a pound differed between the customary and the imperial system - the imperial system employed the stone of 14 pounds, the hundredweight of 8 stone [Note 6] and the ton of 2240 pounds (20 hundredweight), while the customary system of units did not employ the stone but has a hundredweight of 100 pounds and ...
The pound is the main unit of sterling, [4] [c] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [7] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [8]
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1800 AD until 1899 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles.
The coin's origins lie in the English silver crown, one of many silver coins that appeared in various countries from the 16th century onwards (most famously the Spanish piece of eight), all of similar size and weight (approx 38mm diameter, 25g fine silver) and thus interchangeable in international trade.