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This is interesting, as the money reference used is in the old pre-decimal British: if Leonardo is costing his project in ''£sd'', this lends weight to the idea (as gleaned from evidence in {{MM}}) that Ankh-Morpork's [[currency]] system is ''£sd'' rather than decimal. --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 09:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC) | This is interesting, as the money reference used is in the old pre-decimal British: if Leonardo is costing his project in ''£sd'', this lends weight to the idea (as gleaned from evidence in {{MM}}) that Ankh-Morpork's [[currency]] system is ''£sd'' rather than decimal. --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 09:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
Who knew that Marriott Edgar also wrote most of the tales of "yoong Albert Ramsbottom" for Stanley Holloway? Anyway, in the palmy days when bird's-eye maple might have been bought that cheaply fractions of pence would probably have been required whether there were 100 or 240 to the pound. There are lots of hints of both systems; that's the problem. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 21:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
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This is interesting, as the money reference used is in the old pre-decimal British: if Leonardo is costing his project in £sd, this lends weight to the idea (as gleaned from evidence in Making Money) that Ankh-Morpork's currency system is £sd rather than decimal. --AgProv 09:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Who knew that Marriott Edgar also wrote most of the tales of "yoong Albert Ramsbottom" for Stanley Holloway? Anyway, in the palmy days when bird's-eye maple might have been bought that cheaply fractions of pence would probably have been required whether there were 100 or 240 to the pound. There are lots of hints of both systems; that's the problem. --Old Dickens 21:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)