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Thread #19270   Message #2402105
Posted By: Backwoodsman
31-Jul-08 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: Help: What's a 'penny bap'?
Subject: RE: Help: What's a 'penny bap'?
GUEST Baz - "A penny coin was one 144th part of an old English pound."

It was one 240th. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound. 12*20 = 240.

Apologies for the thread creep and my pedantry.