Timeline for How would a player character pay for an item that costs less than 1cp?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
6 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2019 at 18:01 | comment | added | Marq | This is where the slang "two bits" for a US quarter dollar comes from. One bit is an eighth of a dollar (that is, a dollar coin chopped into eighths). Thus also "pieces of eight" (and eight bits to a byte). | |
| Feb 15, 2019 at 18:17 | comment | added | David Conrad | I think you could take it further than a quarter. "AWK! Pieces of eight, pieces of eight!" | |
| Feb 15, 2019 at 0:56 | comment | added | JonSG | Did you know that rounded coins came to be favored over other shapes as it was harder to shave bits off a round coin (as opposed to anything with a corner) to fraudulently collect the metal? | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 21:22 | history | edited | bytepusher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added an example to illustrate the point.
|
| Feb 14, 2019 at 21:12 | comment | added | KorvinStarmast | For some reason, I think that your answer points to how the term "farthing" entered the English language. I am not sure if it would improve your answer to include it. your call. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 21:04 | history | answered | bytepusher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |