# Old British Currency

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-british-currency/30611>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 24, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-british-currency/30611 "2000-08-24T17:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mealypotaotes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@mealypotaotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mealypotaotes)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-british-currency/30611/1 "2000-08-24T17:52:53Z")

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What was the system? I know that 1 Pound = 20 Shillings, but after that . . . I’m reading a lot of Dickens - seems that there were several ‘aggregate’ coins as well (guineas, crowns etc)

Anybody know the breakdown?

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-british-currency/30611/2 "2000-08-24T18:08:16Z")

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Hello **mealypotatoes** - whatever happened to small patata’s ?

Seems we get to do this dance about once a month but maybe not…this is the last thread i came up with…  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25031](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25031)