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Everyday Life
Game 74
Pounds, shillings and pence
Pocket money before 1971
A video by British Pathé
The game's question
Read it slowly, then choose between the three numbers together.
For a long time, the money in your purse came in pounds, shillings and pence. Twelve pennies made a shilling, and there were plenty of shillings in a pound. Then, on 15 February 1971, the pound was split into 100 new pence, and everyone had to learn to count again. Before that day, how many old pence were there in one pound?
- 100
- 240
- 1,000
Need a hint?
Twenty shillings made a pound – and the number you want has two hundred in it. Did anyone at home go on counting in the old money for years?
See the answer
Answer: 240 – twelve pence to the shilling, twenty shillings to the pound.
Why this game : Pocket money and old prices: the old number gets you talking side by side and laughing over what things cost.
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