From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18f7f6e041b3e0bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-17 07:17:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Information Systems Annex was RE: Dispatching and generics - Date: 17 Aug 2002 07:17:25 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0208170617.48ea2568@posting.google.com> References: <5ee5b646.0208150126.ac9f65e@posting.google.com> <3D5BD43F.D85D3CF3@san.rr.com> <5ee5b646.0208160749.25f7dc04@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1029593845 27502 127.0.0.1 (17 Aug 2002 14:17:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Aug 2002 14:17:25 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28169 Date: 2002-08-17T14:17:25+00:00 List-Id: Simon Wright wrote in message news:... > dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes: > > > That really was a small part of the motivation behind > > the change, Britain's monetary system was a real mess > > before the change, with crowns, guineas and pounds all > > in simultaneous use as the primary currency unit. > > As I remember it the _practical_ unit was the half-crown > (crowns were > only issued to celebrate significant events). > > What about the florin! Well the florin and half crown were actual coins, but certain dept instruments were denominated in crowns, and auctions were always in guineas (so I am talking about financial transactions, that computers had to be prepared to deal with, not names of coins).