Its a sign of the strange times that we live in, that the US dollar is still weak against the crumbling Euro.
I only remark on this because when I was kid, we used to think of the British "Pound" as worth four US dollars. and we even used the term a "half dollar" for a 'half crown' and the crown was sometimes called a "dollar" ... this was obviously pre-decimal days in the UK, when there were 20 Shillings to the Pound, a Crown was 5 Shillings, and therefore a Half Crown was 'Half a Dollar' .....
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| "Half A Dollar" in slang terms |
I only remark on this because when I was kid, we used to think of the British "Pound" as worth four US dollars. and we even used the term a "half dollar" for a 'half crown' and the crown was sometimes called a "dollar" ... this was obviously pre-decimal days in the UK, when there were 20 Shillings to the Pound, a Crown was 5 Shillings, and therefore a Half Crown was 'Half a Dollar' .....
