Shillings are more like cents. There are 20 shillings in a pound, just like there are 100 cents in a dollar. This way, shillings are more like cents.
50 cents
Pennies and cents are the same, so 50 cents = 50 pennies
Each penny is worth one cent, so there are 50 pennies in 50 cents.
100% of a dollar = 100 cents therefore 1% of a dollar = 1 cent so 50% of a dollar = 50 cents
Shillings are more like cents. There are 20 shillings in a pound, just like there are 100 cents in a dollar. This way, shillings are more like cents.
At the time of Australia's conversion to decimal currency in 1966, an Australian Two Shillings (Florin) converted to an Australian 20 cents. At that time, Two Shillings Australian was equivalent to Two Shillings British.
Hamsini is 50 in Swahili (and Arabic) - if you refer to the 50 senti coin which is not in circulation anymore the Bank of Tanzania sells such coins in uncirculated condition for 1 USD. If it is about the 50 shillings coin then the actual value is about 0.04 cents (1 USD = 1350 Tanzanian shillings).
I should ask your Grandad. In the UK it was about 4 shillings per gallon (we still had shillings then) and I recall it was about $2.80 to the pound, so that would make it about 50 cents to the gallon, but it was probably cheaper in the US
50 cents
Pennies and cents are the same, so 50 cents = 50 pennies
50 cents
Only one way .50 + .25 = .75 ??????????
On "Decimal Day" in 1971, Ten Shillings converted to 50 New Pence. Ten Shillings was equal to 120 old Pence.
96 cents
Each penny is worth one cent, so there are 50 pennies in 50 cents.
100% of a dollar = 100 cents therefore 1% of a dollar = 1 cent so 50% of a dollar = 50 cents