Simon's Cameo; brit measurments question (was:Re: yael's pic)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:

> 
> twelve pence in a shilling, twenty shillings to a pound.  Obvious 
> really :)
> 
> -Ben, who liked florins the best.

Yes, I'd forgotten about florins (two shillings for those who don't 
know, = 24 real pennies = 10 new pence). The sort of word that JK 
would collect and use. And tanners of course ...

Wotan.