Sentence examples for decimal currency from inspiring English sources

Those U.K. dependencies that had not by February 1971 decimalized their currencies adopted the new decimal currency that the United Kingdom introduced at that time.

We did get used to decimal currency.

Decimal currency was five years off.

We stayed in a campsite for 20p a night and couldn't buy an onion because the decimal currency wouldn't go that low.

I'm sure her views on decimal currency and computers were once just as deep-seated as they are about black people.

Those whose memories stretch back to the days before decimal currency might recognise this as the 19 shillings in the pound that the Beatles whined about having to pay in their song, Taxman.

Decimal currencies have subunits based on a factor of ten, not eight.

Are you going to say we should return to the gold standard or a pre-decimal currency, or maybe get WG Grace to open the batting for England again?

By 1963 South Africa had gone decimal, Australia and New Zeland were planning to do so shortly, and, except for a few British colonies and former colonies, Britain had the only non-decimal currency left in the world.

Pre-decimal currency does not produce this reaction; however, including coins or tokens in your Christmas pudding is not recommended as there is a very real risk that someone may choke, inhale or swallow the coin".

"Error fares can occur due to a multitude of reasons — sometimes it is due to a misplaced decimal point, a currency conversion mistake or even human error during data entry," the company said in a news release.