predecimal
Old British currency
Predecimal describes the period before a currency system converted to decimal units.
In British usage, it refers to the monetary system before 1971, when pounds were divided into shillings and pence rather than the current 100 pence per pound: My grandmother still has some predecimal coins.
The term appears in discussions of historical prices and currency conversion.
Former British monetary unit
- pennyOne-cent piece
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- farthingQuarter-penny coin
- halfpennyFraction of a cent
guinea · crown · florin · threepence · sixpence · sovereign · groat · tuppence
Base-twelve number system
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- divisionSplitting into parts
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
adding · subtraction · ledger · bookkeeping · accounts · sums · schoolroom · tables
Conversion to base-ten units
- 1971A calendar year
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- transitionChange from one state
- old moneyLong-established family fortune
conversion table · exchange · calculation · mental arithmetic · reckoning · equivalence · adjustment · switchover
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
antique · collectible · memorabilia · heritage · postwar · childhood · grandparents · shopkeeping
shilling
Former British monetary unit
halfpenny · guinea · crown · florin · threepence · sixpence · sovereign · groat · tuppence · ha'penny
duodecimal
Base-twelve number system
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- divisionSplitting into parts
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
reckoning · adding · subtraction · ledger · bookkeeping · accounts · sums · schoolroom · tables · calculation
decimalization
Conversion to base-ten units
- 1971A calendar year
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- transitionChange from one state
old money · conversion table · exchange · calculation · mental arithmetic · reckoning · equivalence · adjustment · switchover · reform
vintage
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
old-fashioned · antique · collectible · memorabilia · heritage · postwar · childhood · grandparents · shopkeeping · corner shop
predecimaldecimal
Tenths-based notation
decimalised · decimalized · metric · modern currency · standardized
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