At 10:11 AM 28/11/2008 -0700, Mitch Harris wrote:
>Now that we have bobs, guineas, farthings, half-crowns, etc., all
>that's left is to say what a crown was--5 shillings, or a
>quarter-pound, right? Were crowns used up until decimalization?
I remember no crowns in circulation even in the 1950s, just half-crowns. It was probably a larger coin that only existed in coin collections then. The last time I visited the UK was in 1969 and they were into the decimal transition with both in circulation. They were about as confused as the visitors.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada