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  2. Brass threepence - Wikipedia

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    The brass threepence, or "threepenny bit", was a twelve-sided British coin equivalent to 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound. Struck between 1937 and 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970, it was the first British coin that was not round.

  3. Threepence (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    As with all British silver coins, the silver content was reduced from sterling (0.925) silver to 50% silver, 40% copper, 10% nickel in 1920, 50% silver, 50% copper in 1922, and 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc in 1927, while the design of the reverse of the circulating threepence (but not the maundy threepence) was completely changed ...

  4. History of the threepence - Wikipedia

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    As with all British silver coins, the silver content was reduced from sterling (0.925) silver to 50% silver, 40% copper, 10% nickel in 1920, 50% silver, 50% copper in 1922, and 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc in 1927, while the design of the reverse of the circulating threepence (but not the maundy threepence) was completely changed ...

  5. Mental calculation - Wikipedia

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    If one has a two-digit number, take it and add the two numbers together and put that sum in the middle, and one can get the answer. For example: 24 x 11 = 264 because 2 + 4 = 6 and the 6 is placed in between the 2 and the 4. Second example: 87 x 11 = 957 because 8 + 7 = 15 so the 5 goes in between the 8 and the 7 and the 1 is carried to the 8.

  6. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    That would make $1,200 look like “One thousand, two hundred and 00/100.” The “00/100” is a smart security measure if your check is for a whole dollar amount. Examples of How To Write ...

  7. Quart - Wikipedia

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    The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), at about 0.7577 liters, which is very close to one US fifth (0.757 liters). The reputed quart was previously recognized as a standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine ...

  8. Threepence - Wikipedia

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    Five pence (disambiguation) Sixpence (disambiguation) Ten pence (disambiguation) Twenty pence (disambiguation) British twenty-five pence coin; Fifty pence (disambiguation) Three-cent piece, a United States coin

  9. Isopsephy - Wikipedia

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    The total number is then used as a metaphorical bridge to other words evaluating the equal number, [2] which satisfies isos or "equal" in the term. Ancient Greeks used counting boards for numerical calculation and accounting, with a counter generically called psephos ('pebble'), analogous to the Latin word calculus , from which the English ...