pre-decimal

Summoned to my father ' s study — along with my brother and sister — we were presented with a silver sixpence each pre-decimal currency and a fabulous amount to a small child.

Present and Correct Lennox Morrison 2010

I don't often find pre-decimal paperbacks in charity shops these days, so I tend to grab them when I do see them.

Paperback Cover Cavalcade 1 Steve 2009

That would be two old pence as well, pre-decimal, worth a penny after 1971.

The Virtues of Vampires 2009

It's an unfortunate fact that all the books from this era are becoming increasingly scarce—the situation aggravated by the idiot policies of charity shops who throw out pre-decimal paperbacks because "they don't sell".

J. A. Jordan Steve 2009

The counter clerk – older than me, and so well able to remember pre-decimal money – asked me to repeat my request, and it was only when I eventually said /ˈtɛn ənd ə hɑːf ˈpɛns/ that I got the stamps.

Weak form loss | Linguism 2009

The British pre-decimal penny was so big that it cost more than 1d to make (and had more than 1d of scrap metal in it) by the mid-60s, so the government started us on a five-year move towards decimalisation.

Is the (US) penny doomed? | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006

There ‘9d’ in the box is also an indication†it’s the price, which is, in pre-decimal British currency and notation for currency, 9 pence.

Comic Book Questions Answered #12 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

There '9d' in the box is also an indication-- it's the price, which is, in pre-decimal British currency and notation for currency, 9 pence.

Comic Book Questions Answered #12 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

But er … out of date information in pre-decimal currency?

Questions and Answers « Squares of Wheat 2006

But er … out of date information in pre-decimal currency?

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