On 29/08/2010 10:49 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Why stop at only mental activity, let's also take into account the year
> of mint, as it used to be.
> And each mint (and that could each city) could have its own agenda for
> the weight of its pounds&  guinea.
>

Now you are being silly. ;-)

> May be I can slice some pounds in two, or scrap enough of them to make a
> new one...
>

That is why coins are milled. To stop people like you shaving or 
clipping coins. :-P

> Shilling has been dropped in 1971... and the penny is now decimal.
> But we can mix pound, shilling (at 20 per pound), pences (at 240 per
> pound) and new pences (at 100 per pound) with guinea (1 pound 1 shilling)
>

But some of us remember the days of L.s.d. man ;-)

> Oh, I call in the Bretton Woods system,

Morning town Crescent!

> in which I could exchange 1
> pounds for $4.03...

I remember my father calling a half crown (12.5p) a half dollar.

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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