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                                'Editor\'s note: Many of the articles in this ' +
                                'publication assume a familiarity with the ' +
                                'currency and measurements of Great Britain ' +
                                'in the early 1900s. As this is likely not ' +
                                'common knowledge for our current Victorian' +
                                'era and those outside Britain we provide ' +
                                'a chart of relative values. The most common ' +
                                'units used were:' +
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                                '<br>' +
                                '- the Penny, abbreviated: <B>d.</B> (from the Roman penny, denarius)<br />' +
                                '- the Shilling, abbreviated: <B>s.</B><br />' +
                                '- the Pound, abbreviated: <B>&pound;</B><br />' +
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                                'There was 12 Pennies to a Shilling and 20 Shillings ' +
                                'to a Pound, so there was 240 Pennies in a Pound. To ' +
                                'further complicate things, there were many coins which ' +
                                'were various fractional values of Pennies, Shillings ' +
                                'or Pounds.' +
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                                '<br>' +
                                '- Farthing......<B>1/4d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Half-penny....<B>1/2d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Penny.........<B>1d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Three-penny...<B>3d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Sixpence (or tanner)..<B>6d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Shilling (or bob).....<B>1s.</B><br>' +
                                '- Florin or two shilling piece..<B>2s.</B><br>' +
                                '- Half-crown (half-dollar)..<B>2s. 6d.</B><br>' +
                                '- Double-florin....<B>4s.</B><br>' +
                                '- Crown (or dollar).....<B>5s.</B><br>' +
                                '- Half-Sovereign........<B>10s.</B><br>' +
                                '- Sovereign (Pound)...<B>&pound;1 or 20s.</B><br>' +
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