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Thread #108531   Message #2259477
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Feb-08 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Another question for Brits
Subject: RE: BS: Another question for Brits
No one's mentioned the old Florin - which was a two bob coin, one tenth of a pound, introduced back in the 19th century as a step towards a decimal coinage. So of course in a sense it's still with us, as the Tenpenny piece - except no one ever actually calls it a Florin. The same way no one calls the pound coin a Sovereign.