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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