Pre-decimal currency

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A pre-decimal currency is a currency in use before decimalisation of 10, 100 or 1,000 units to 1 unit of currency. The peculiarities of the British £sd system were not unique.

The information in the table below is taken from an arithmetic text book of 1874.[1]

Place Divisions
Denmark 12 Pfennigs = 1 Skilling
16 Skillings = 1 Mark
6 Marks = Rigsbank Daler
8 Marks = 1 Krone
France 100 Centimes = 1 Franc
20 Francs = 1 Napoleon
Hamburg and Lubec 12 Pfennigs = 1 Schilling
16 Schillings = 1 Mark
3 Marks = 1 Rix-dollar
Calcutta and Madras 12 Pies = 1 Anna
16 Annas = 1 Rupee
Bombay 100 Reas = 1 Quarter
4 Quarters = 1 Rupee
Portugal 1000 Reis = 1 Milreis
Prussia 30 Silver Groschen = 1 Thaler
Spain 34 Maravedis = 1 Real

References

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