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Title: Zap Comix (U.K.)
Post by: 50Cent #II (1st print) on February 14, 2008, 06:58:41 PM

Anyone know what the 2/6 means on the covers? (Not the logical meaning since it's the same on both #0 & 1.)

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Title: Re: Zap Comix (U.K.)
Post by: Sir Real on February 14, 2008, 11:29:22 PM

Uh, 2 schillings, 6 pence?
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Title: Re: Zap Comix (U.K.)
Post by: Reverend on February 15, 2008, 12:44:39 AM

Yes, it's the cover price.

Title: Re: Zap Comix (U.K.)
Post by: 50Cent #II (1st print) on February 15, 2008, 01:10:16 AM

Thanks... (so it's like saying 12.5 (out of 100) cents or 30 (out of 240) old pence)

"The abbreviation for shilling is s, from the Latin solidus, the name of a Roman coin. Often it was written informally or printed with a slash, e.g., 1/6d as 1 shilling and sixpence (often pronounced "one and six"), or when there were no pence with a slash then a hyphen, e.g., "11/-".

In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used before decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalization there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound."

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