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Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A shilling used to be 12 pence, and there were 20 shillings in a pound for 240 pence to the pound, before we decimalised.

A dime is 10 cent, but that's just the name for the coin. Shillings used to be a part of the number system which was split into three tiers, not two with a decimal place.

Bob used to be slang for a shilling, not a pound.

We've never had the euro. The Republic of Ireland uses the euro, but if you call them British you'll get into real trouble.