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Since a pence is 1/12 of a shilling, does the `d` stand for "dozenth"?

The system was used until 1971 in Britain.

I wasn't born then, but it is recent enough that there were things around the house, like books or vinyl records, with prices or price stickers using the system: 9/6 etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A3sd

d stands for denarius, a roman coin

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