Re:Numbers in Various Languages
by masklinn on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:45PM
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No, they did not, again nobody would use pennies and pounds together as a single scale, such scaling is metricated thinking.
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You can count the value of the old coinage by weighing it, you really think that such a system was an accident?
I mean, I'm familiar with the history so I know 12 of 20 was a deliberate choice, but if you don't want to read into it, ask yourself if that's plausible.