Hi Ted, > Not to mention the devastation of our coinage when the pound was > Europeanised to became 100 pence (a "metric pound") instead of 240 > pence
Indeed. 1971 was a rum year. > 240 being divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 60, > 80, 120 to give whole numbers of "old) pence per division. Not forgetting the ha'penny and farthing. Cheers, Ralph.
