Pre-decimal currency
A pre-decimal currency is a currency in use before decimalisation of 10, 100 or 1,000 units to 1 unit of currency. The peculiarities of the British £sd system were not unique.
The information in the table below is taken from an arithmetic text book of 1874.[1]
| Place | Divisions |
|---|---|
| Denmark | 12 Pfennigs = 1 Skilling |
| 16 Skillings = 1 Mark | |
| 6 Marks = Rigsbank Daler | |
| 8 Marks = 1 Krone | |
| France | 100 Centimes = 1 Franc |
| 20 Francs = 1 Napoleon | |
| Hamburg and Lubec | 12 Pfennigs = 1 Schilling |
| 16 Schillings = 1 Mark | |
| 3 Marks = 1 Rix-dollar | |
| Calcutta and Madras | 12 Pies = 1 Anna |
| 16 Annas = 1 Rupee | |
| Bombay | 100 Reas = 1 Quarter |
| 4 Quarters = 1 Rupee | |
| Portugal | 1000 Reis = 1 Milreis |
| Prussia | 30 Silver Groschen = 1 Thaler |
| Spain | 34 Maravedis = 1 Real |
References
- ↑ Walkingame, Francis (1874), The Tutor's Assistant, pp. 95–99
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