"How many pence to the pound?" Topic

Are there 100p for every Pound Sterling? I live in the United States and I have wondered about this for a while. It would make it easier to figure orders from the UK to see about how much my total will be ahead of time. Thanks!

Russ

yes

That was very quick. Thanks!

Russ

gazooks !

that was a quick answer.

no it wasn't

Old pence or new pence?

There are still people around who think in guineas, crowns, florins, shillings, tanners, threepenny joeys, and farthings.

Allen

How long ago did the UK go decimal? In the '60s or '70s?

While the decimal system is easier, I liked the old system, with 12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound, plus florins (2 shillings), half crowns (2 1/2 shillings), ans 1/4, 1/2, 3 and 6 pence pieces, if I recall correctly. and didn't Scotland have its own shillings?

Gubgnir, how old are you? If you are still thinking of shillings, what are you going to do if; god forbid, we end up with the euro?

I think Blighty went decimal in 1971.

move to the falkland islands?.

The Falklands? Great if you like sheep, and guano!

Come to think of it, is there anywhere that doesn't use a decimal currency now?

I know there are some where the main unit is so small that 1 is virtually worthless (e.g. I have a half-a-million Turkish Lira note stuck to my fridge door, which is worth something around one US dollar), but is there anywhere that still uses a system reminiscent of the old UK Pounds Shillings and Pence?

"I´ve got forty thousand pounds in my pyjamas.
I´ve got fifty thousand french francs in my fridge.
I´ve got lots and lots of lira
now the Deutschmark´s getting dearer
and my Dollar bills could buy the Brooklin Bridge."

:D

Ah, the intricacies of the modern financial world.

Always get confused when I go to the USA, which is the nickel and which is the dime?

nickel = five cents

dime = 10 cents

The nickel is the bigger of the two, with Jefferson on it. The smaller dime has FDR. I think that's who it is anyway.

Thanks, all I've got to do now is remember that in August when I hit Colorado!

And just to confuse things, the new 2005 Buffalo nickel has a *different* portrait of Jefferson. Weird-looking.

Allen

Probably few Liberty dimes in circulation any more. All FDR, as Michael says.

Allen

"There is nothing quite as wonderful as money
There is nothing like a newly minted pound
Some people say it's folly, but I'd rather have the lolly
It's accountancy that makes the world go round
You can keep your marxist ways, for it's only just a phase
cos it's money, money, money makes the WORLD GO ROUND."
Steve.

I think kenya still uses pounds shillings & pence

Scotland had its own currency but I think the Union of the Parliaments put the kibosh on that, especially the Scots exchequer having been ruined by the Darien scheme.

However three Scots banks can still issue their own Banknotes.

When Scotland first adopted standard coinage (David I IIRC) the Scots coins were equivalent to their English counterparts, but later on the coinage became debased do by the time the Crowns united IIIRC Scots coinage was worth only 1/23 of the English

These days although a Scots banknote only has the same face value as an English one the Scots money is actually backed up whereas the English money only has a notional value.

Just how do you Brits feel about having the Euro shoved down your throats? It would TICK ME OFF if someone tried to replace the dollar with some generic currency.

The hills are alive, with the sound of MONEY!

Ouch - Miniguy - thats not a causual question - that is very much Current Affairs Board.

I have to say though, these Islands are used to other people's currencies - we've changed loads of times in the last 2000 years.

The UK went decimal on March 15, 1971. I seem to recall the government was touting the date as "D-Day".

You can keep your Euros!!! It's yet another attempt by the Euro Unelected to dictate what the UK can and cannot do. Federal Empire of Europe - No Thanks!

"I have to say though, these Islands are used to other people's currencies - we've changed loads of times in the last 2000 years."

*Bad Painter

The UK went decimal on March 15, 1971. I seem to recall the government was touting the date as "D-Day".*

You're a month out old bean, it was February 15

Apropos of nothing,I remember spending all my "old money" that very day on 6 boxes each of Airfix US Marines and Japanese infantry at my local model shop :)

Stealth841, I'm 53, but also had a coin business, so was quite used to the old British coinage. I'm in the Netherlands, we went decimal in the early 1800's, in the Napoleonic period - and yes, Euro since 1/1/'02.

While I'll not go into CA-ish discussions about the Euro, I must say it is fun to try and collect all issues from all countries from your everyday change. Right now, I've collected some 240 different ones. The fact that the Germans use 5 different mintmarks ups the varieties hugely, ofcourse. So, it's not all bad!

Bloodnok: "I shall require special equipment"
Seagoon: "Such as"
Bloodnok: "Money..."

You'll all cry when we all use Yuans.......

Um, Miniguy, the dollar *is* a generic currency, and speaking as a Scot (not a brit...) we want europe, the euro etc(for the most part), its those ppl living in the basement that dont :).

It's interesting that the type of folks who say "No" to Europe and the loss of power through sharing in a multi-national government are very PRO those ideas when applied to the United Kingdom.

You shouldn't say that you want decisions to be taken at the lowest level of Government without being aware of the irony if you want to deny that devolution of power to the other nations of the UK and the Regions of England.

You can, but you shouldn't.

The Euro is just money. I wouldn't want my sense of identity to be formed by a sodding currency and to be honest we get more sense of being listened to out of Strasbourg than we do out of Westminster

Pounds Euros Dollars - who cares? All I ask of a currency is that it is spendable!

My national identity (English) is not informed by the name of the money in my pocket!

Good for you Metal Mutt

rokknroll

How so?

@miniguy
Which part? sorry to resurrect an old thread here also.
dollar being generic currency=its the baseline standard.
Scots pro europe=Voting returns in last election, and previous election for Scottish parliament show a marked swing toward pro-euro/europe parties (Lib Dem, SNP et al)
People in the basement=England, a fine nation full of tolerant people, which will do well with sterling, and has a population far in excess of Scotland, Wales and Eire combined.
Nt flamebaiting, but a regional assembly fro wales is a bit of a dead duck, the Stormont agreement is dead in the water and teh devolved assembly up here is hamstrung.
Ok, we can argue that equivalent populations live in Northumbria etc, that used to be autonomous, but regions like Northumbria never had a sense of national identity, whereas Scotland was arguably one of teh first Eropean Nations to develop a sense of National Identity and "Scottishness". way before the Declaration of Arbroath there was a feeling among the Clergy that scotland was unique and seperate from her neighbours.
I will freely admit to my knowledge perhaps being incomplete and biased, and i am fully willing to stand corrected.
But...without running teh risk of threadjacking and raising issues that should be on Current Affairs Board, Scottish people (according to electoral returns) do want more independance from London,and more of a say in Europe. After all, many issues that do not affect England do affect Scotland. Fair enought, the same doesnt hold true for Wales or NI (thats a can of worms we cannot even consider opening here on TMP,other than to game the easter uprising with teh new copplestone minis).
Im very tired and its very late, so sorry if this post is a bit Stream of Thought.

Um, Miniguy, the dollar *is* a generic currency, and speaking as a Scot (not a brit...) we want europe, the euro etc(for the most part), its those ppl living in the basement that dont :).

Take the Euro, plus all the Scot's down here on the underground with their special brew ;-) They make our 'basement' look untidy - and well, we haven't got room for them all anymore, what with all the illegal immigrants we get from the middle east and eastern europe - unless you want those as well? ;-) (alien, of Scotish ancestory)