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Fourteen pence = 1 shilling
20 shillings = 1 pound
21 shillings = 1 guinea
I really will miss the silly, giddy mix of currencies. Certainly there is a point to rationalizing European currency, but it is another death of character. The Dutch currency is incomparably beautiful. The French, well, there is humor in that - like the AdeStE python that swallowed the elephant. The Spanish, ugly and flimsy.
The Euro notes are practically an invitation for committee-think.
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