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===List=== A partial listing of former non-decimal currencies (giving only [[unit of account|units of account]]): *[[Ancient Greece]] — 1 [[Ancient drachma|drachma]] = 6 [[obol (coin)|obols]] * Denmark — 1 Krone = 8 Marks = 128 [[Skilling (Scandinavian monetary unit)|Skilling]]s = 1536 [[Pfennig]]s; also 6 Marks = 1 [[Danish rigsdaler|Rigsbank Daler]]<ref name="Walkingame">{{Citation | last = Walkingame | first = Francis | title = The Tutor's Assistant | pages = 95–99 | date =1874 }} </ref> *[[France]] — 1 [[Livre tournois|livre]] = 20 sols = 240 [[French denier|deniers]]; also 20 francs = 1 [[Napoléon (coin)|Napoléon]]<ref name="Walkingame"/> (and other less common denominations) *German Coins **[[Frankfurt]] — 1 Reichstaler = 90 Kreuzer = 360 Pfennige OR 1 Reichsgulden = 60 Kreuzer = 240 Pfennige **[[Hanover]] — 1 [[Thaler]] = 36 Mariengroschen = 288 Pfennige **[[Hamburg]] — 1 Thaler = 3 Mark = 48 Schillinge = 96 Pfennige; later 12 Pfennige = 1 [[Austrian schilling|Schilling]]<ref name="Walkingame"/> **[[Prussia]] — 1 Thaler = 30 [[Silbergroschen]]<ref name="Walkingame"/> *[[India]] ** [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]] — 1 [[Indian rupee|rupee]] = 16 [[Indian anna|annas]] = 64 [[Paisa|paise]] = 192 [[Indian pie|pies]] Also, 1 gold [[mohur]] = 15 silver rupees ** [[Bombay]] — 1 [[Indian rupee|rupee]] = 4 quarters = 400 reas<ref name="Walkingame"/> *[[Iran]] — 1 Rial = 20 Shahi *[[Kingdom of Ireland]], [[Irish Free State]], [[Republic of Ireland]] (until 1971) **1 [[Irish pound]] = 20 [[Shilling (Irish coin)|shilling]]s = 240 [[Penny (Irish pre-decimal coin)|pence]] **1 shilling = 12 pence *[[Japan]] — separate gold, silver, and copper currencies, but linked during the [[Edo period]] **Gold: 1 [[ryō (Japanese coin)|ryō]] = 4 bu = 16 shu **Silver: 1 momme = 10 fun = 100 rin (1 ryō = officially 50 momme, market rates fluctuated with supply and demand and the value of the metal minted see [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/currency/coins/japanese.html Japan's Currency at Marteau]) **Copper: 1 kan = 1000 [[Japanese mon (currency)|mon]] (1 ryō = 4000 [[Japanese mon (currency)|mon]]; hence, 1 bu = 1 kan) *[[Netherlands]] — 1 [[Dutch guilder|gulden]] = 20 [[stuiver]]s = 160 [[duit]] = 320 penningen *[[Ottoman Empire]] — 1 [[kuruş]] = 40 para = 120 [[akçe]] *[[Poland]] — 1 [[Polish złoty|złoty]] = 30 groszy *[[Portugal]] — 1 [[Portuguese real|real]] = 840 dinheiros *[[Roman Empire]] — 1 aureus = 25 [[denarius|denarii]] = 100 sestertii = 400 asses = 1600 quadrantes *[[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (now [[Thailand]]) — 1 tical = 4 salung = 8 fuang = 16 song phai = 32 phai = 64 att = 128 solot *[[Spanish Empire]] — 1 [[peso]] = 8 [[Spanish real|reales]] (de plata fuerte) = 680 [[Spanish maravedí|maravedíes]] (the pesos are the "[[Spanish dollar|pieces of eight]]" often referred to in stories about [[piracy|pirates]], such as ''[[Treasure Island]]'', vellon means the coin minted of an alloy with a low silver content.) *[[Switzerland]] — 1 Gulden Rheinisch = 15 or 16 (later also 17 or 18) Batzen or = 20 Schilling; 1 Batzen = 10 Rappen; 1 Batzen = 4 Kreuzer (in Germany); 1 Schilling = 6 Angster = 12 Heller *The [[United Kingdom]] and many countries formerly part of the [[British Empire]] — 1 [[pound sterling|pound]] = 4 [[Crown_(British_coin)|crown]]s = 20 [[shilling]]s = 240 [[penny (British pre-decimal coin)|pence]] = 960 [[farthing (British coin)|farthing]]s; these were [[unit of account|units of account]], although many other coins had informal or formal names (see [[coins of the pound sterling]]). In medieval England the unit of account was the [[mark (money)#England and Scotland|mark]], equivalent to two-thirds of a pound or 160 pence, or 13 shillings and four pence. Half a mark was a [[noble (English coin)|noble]], equivalent to one-third of a pound or 80 pence, or 6 shillings and eight pence. For some purposes the [[guinea (British coin)|guinea]] (21 shillings) was used as a unit of account, and in horse racing (e.g. prize money) guineas are still sometimes used, denoting its decimal equivalent of £1.05. **[[Guernsey]] - 1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence = 1920 Doubles In the [[Eurozone]], in the interval between fixing the conversion factors between national currencies and the [[euro]] and the introduction of [[euro coins]], the national currencies were non-decimal subdivisions of the euro.
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