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ok, being the dumb yank that i am, i don't understand the british currency system at all. i get the US system and I get the Euro system (euro's rock), but the british one... pounds, quids, pence, sterlings, yada yada yada! i'm reading the Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian (basis for that movie master and commander: the far side of the world and some of the best books i'll ever read) and they talk about money and i just don't get it. so could one of you brits explain it to me? thanks. back to my vacation  _______________ -Academy Leader/Dictator/Defeater of DJ Sith and JACen Solo in the JAK+ Tournament -I do think it (the JA) will help convert dozens, maybe hundreds, to the dork nation... --me |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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a 5 pound coin?? Why not just put an elephant in your pocket? Come to think of it, that would make more sense... _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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JamesF1 - Student 
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ph33r the new legal tender five pound coin!!!  _______________ Website |
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Mreoton - Student |
ph33r my Florin |
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Jippie Phoenix - Student 
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whoa I can remember when we had 1/2 pence _______________ |
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Coogee - Student 
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The British money you've been reading about about is from the Pre-decimal era of british currency. This page explains it quite well and has some pics of the coins. The current decimal system is much easier to understand. The smallest coin being the 1 Penny(plural: Pence). 100 Pence make 1 Pound. -QG- _______________ Bro of many in a very deformed family tree || Formerly a Padawan of Motrec, Kenyon & Aphex AKA Quiet Guardian, QG and Coogie |
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Padawan - Student |
Quote: YOU CRAZY BRITS AND UR CRAZY TERMS!!!!!! /me shakes fist Lol, just never try and talk to a Londonder about money, he'll start talking about animals. Infact, just don't talk to Londoners at all, the rhyming slang is just too confusing . |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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it's called a round point!! _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Mreoton - Student |
Quote: AND THEY DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD!  and we have roundabouts |
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Ulic |retired| - Student 
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Long live logic, Napoleon and the metric system! _______________ Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam |
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Orion - Retired 
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AND THEY DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD! _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u |
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Steinin - Student 
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Let's not start about the traffic system shall we _______________ 362 Ohi on! |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Weird English guys, can't do what the rest of Europe does Weird money, weird distance names, etc |
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JamesF1 - Student
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Quote: but the cool thing is when we go to different countries our money is worth more Yeah - PWN3d!!!! _______________ Website |
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Orion - Retired
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YOU CRAZY BRITS AND UR CRAZY TERMS!!!!!! /me shakes fist _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u |
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Casual - Student 
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Quote: And pounds makes alot of sense its all the way back from when a 'pound' was worth a pound of gold, a 5 pound note is like an IOU of 5 pounds of gold, cool huh ? where does the word dollar come from, nowhere as sensible as pound i assume? That totally depends on what you think is cool Here's some etymology. It originates from "thaler" -- a nickname for the silver coins that were minted from the ore found in Joachimsthal ("Saint Joachim's Valley" in German), Bohemia (part of the current Czech Republic) -- which gained currency shortly after the lode's discovery in 1516. At that time, Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman Empire and that with the assumption to the throne of Charles V of Austria (and I of Spain), the territories of the Holy Roman Empire were united with those of Spain (including the Spanish New World possessions), Burgundy, and the Low Countries until 1556. This fact leads to the second half of the story: the Joachims' "thaler" was one of the major coins in use not only in the Old World but also in the New World as well, at least until the major silver strike at San Luis de Potosi (Bolivia) and the major gold strike at Zacatecas (Mexico). Furthermore, throughout the rest of the Colonial era, the nickname "thaler" (which eventually became "dolar" in Spanish and "dollar" in English) would remain in use as the nickname for any silver coin that represented exactly one piece of eight (By the way that is where the symbol for the dollar "$" came from--it is the number "8" broken up with a slash down the middle). The term also later made its way into the United States in 1803 when President Thomas Jefferson sought to create a national currency to supplant the various state, local and private currencies then in use. At the time the United States had trade deficits with almost every nation with whom it traded, except for one: Mexico. Due to a sizeable trade surplus with Mexico, the United States government found itself with a sizeable quantity of Spanish Colonial silver "thalers" which it then proceded to use as the basis for the new currency: the U.S. dollar. The dollar sign came from the back of the Spanish Colonial dollar you mention on your page: the pillars on the back (representing the Pillars of Hercules, the land beyond to which the Spanish owed their wealth) with a banner that wove around them in an "S" shape.Thank heavens for study of etymology, it owns all -Cas _______________ Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. |
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Mreoton - Student |
uhoh, i owe alot of gold then :S |
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Squibit - Student 
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And pounds makes alot of sense its all the way back from when a 'pound' was worth a pound of gold, a 5 pound note is like an IOU of 5 pounds of gold, cool huh ? where does the word dollar come from, nowhere as sensible as pound i assume? _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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Squibit - Student 
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Quid is like Buck, i think ? _______________ Quote: fiZZe: its SIR Fizzy Fluffy :p Quote: FiZZ[JAK]: that was what I call a counter Ah, things you only ever expect to hear once
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Mreoton - Student |
but the cool thing is when we go to different countries our money is worth more |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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we like our independence a quid is slang for 1 pound which is 1 pound sterling,a pence is like cence which is wot u get when u go under a dollar, which is the equvilant to a english pound _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Casual - Student
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Quote: "Quid" is just a casual, W00000T SOMEONE SAID MY NAME! _______________ Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. |
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Cyb - Student 
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Why do you Brittish always have to do it different again?  _______________ ~~ Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none! ~~ |
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JamesF1 - Student
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"Quid" is just a casual, everyday name for Pounds. "Can ya lend me five quid mate" _______________ Website |
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JamesF1 - Student 
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We use Pounds and Pence as you use Dollars and Cents "Pounds Sterling" is the 'official' name for our money, but, as you see, we call them 'Pounds'. You quite often see here, when talking about exchange rates and finance deals, etc. that they talk about it as Pounds Sterling. For some odd reason. _______________ Website |
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