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already in use. These can be made to give us all the advantages of a 

 binary system as well. To effect this, let these represent — 



1 pound, status of the sovereign or pound (not altered). 



1 florin Cnot altered) ; 10 equal 1 pound. 



1 bron (a new bronze coin), the integer; 10 equal 1 florin. 



1 tenny (a new copper coin) ; 10 equal 1 bron. 

 On all these coins the names and relative values of each should be 

 marked, so that if we at first forget their names and values, we would 

 only require to look at what is on them, and commit to memory the 

 following money-table : — 



10 tennies equal 1 bron. 

 10 brons „ 1 florin. 

 10 florins „ 1 pound. 



This is the decimal system. Now, as some may object to this 

 because it involves the carrying about of too many pieces for change, I 

 propose to retain the half-sovereign under the name of a 5-florin piece ; 

 the shilling, under the name of a 5-bron piece ; and have a new piece 

 under the name of a 0-tenny piece. These three half-way pieces lead to 

 all the advantages of a binary system as well ; for, taking the seven 

 coins, each is one-half of that which precedes it. All counting and 

 booking, however, has to be done in terms of the foregoing decimal table, 

 the values of all of which are marked thereon. (This is not done in our 

 present currency.) The use of these half-way pieces is only parallel to 

 our present use of the sixpence, as sixpences are not counted and tabu- 

 lated as sixpences, but are placed in the pence -column. Therefore these 

 half-way pieces are not included in the new money-table. 



The diagram on the next page shows these three pieces, two of 

 which we already possess, and which merely require their names being 



changed. 



Four Decimal Coins. 



Front 



/Reverse 



Silver 



Front 



Reverse 



Bronze, = 



2 Id. old, 

 2.5d new. 



Copper, 



/4 nearly 



