Watch Traps
In changing to decimal currency we squeeze 12 pence into 10c and 6d into sc. This could cause a few traps for the unwary or unprepared. Look out for these:— If one shilling (10c) is offered for an 8c article, the change should go “eight and two are ten.” Be careful that it doesn’t go “eight and two are ten and two are twelve.” The correct change from one shilling (10c) for 8c is 2c ... not 4c. Watch 6d and 6c. 6d (sc) is one coin ... 6c
is two. Also watch 5d and sc, and lid should not be confused with 11c. We’U need to be careful for a time, but commonsense and patience will see us through the transition to the new currency.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 19
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