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{{quote| ''NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system: Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.''}}<br />
{{quote| ''The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.''|''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]''}}
 
{{quote| ''The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated.''}}
 
{{quote| -- ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]''}}
 
So you're reading a novel set in [[Victorian London]] and someone gives someone "three and six".