Prior to 1971, the British used a currency system based on “pounds, shillings, and pence.” This was also written as LSD, where the “L” comes from the Latin word libra and the D comes from the Latin ...

February, 1971 Monday, February 15th, 1971 was Decimal Day in Ireland and indeed England.

Amanda Sousa joined the accounts department of American International on May 4, 1964 six months after the birth of her last child. The company's offices at the time were located on Pitt's Bay Road ...

In theory, as British subjects, the colonists should have been using the British monetary system of pounds, shillings, and pence (WHTM) — Buying and selling in the 13 colonies was a messy process.

Before Feb. 15, 1971, Britain's currency was 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound — or 240 pence to a pound. But that's not all. There were also two farthings in a ha'penny, ...

* The answer: £1 2s. 3d. It is solved by first turning everything into shillings, then into pence. Multiply the pounds by 20, add the shillings, multiply the sum by 12, and add the pennies.

The story of Decimal Day when the UK switched from pounds, shillings and pence, as seen through the BBC archive. ... New pence: The story of 1971's Decimal Day. Image caption, ...

Three television commercials that told New Zealanders how to use the new decimal currency in 1967 Fifty years ago New Zealanders were carrying pounds, shillings and pence in their pockets with ...