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CURRENCIES
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, N. IRELAND:
The currency unit of Great Britain is the Pound Sterling written as £ and is divided into 20 shillings, each shilling being subdivided into 12 pennies. The denominations of British money in common circulation are:
In note form, £5 (five pounds) : £ 1 (one pound) ; and 10/- (ten shillings).
In cupro-nickel coins, there are the half-crown ( eight to the £1) which equals two and a half shillings.
The florin (ten to the £1) which equals two shillings.
The shilling (20 to the £ 1) which equals 12 pennies.
The sixpence (40 to the £1) which equals six pennies.
The threepenny piece which equals three pennies.
There is also the 12 sided nickel-brass threepenny piece.
In bronze coins there are the penny (12 to a shilling) and the half penny ( 24 to a
shilling) and the farthing which equals a quarter of one penny.
A sum, for example, one pound fifteen shillings and threepence, may be written
as £1 15s. 3d, or 35/3.
Articles will often be seen priced in guineas ( one guinea(gn.) equals twenty one
shillings) but there are no coins or notes of this value in circulation.

FRANCE
The currency unit of France is the Franc, sub-divisions of which are no longer
in circulation, the coins issued in multiples of the Franc are 1,2 and 5 Francs, these are made of a light metal alloy.

Cupro nickel coins are issued for 10, 20 and 50 Francs, whilst 100 Fr. coins
are of nickel.
The notes in common circulation vary quite frequently in design, and are of
the following denominations :
100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 Francs.

ITALY
The currency unit of Italy is the Lire which is issued in note form of the following denominations :
1, 2, 50 and 100 Lire currency notes and 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 Lire bank notes. ( 10,000 Lire notes amber in colour and excessively long are now valueless). In light white alloy coins there are 1, 2, 5 and 10 Lire values. 50 Lire coins are also issued in an alloy known as acmonital.

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