Old Money

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• Old money refers in the United Kingdom to the pre-decimal currency of pounds, shillings (or 'bob') and pence. It had abbreviation £sd. It also had guineas, crowns, sovereigns, (rare) gold sovereigns, halfpennies, and farthings. There were 240 pennies in one old pound, and 12 pennies in a shilling. See also: British coinage.
• Old Money can refer to any British imperial measurement.
• Old money refers to families who have been wealthy for several generations, as a term distinguishing them from the nouveau riche and parvenus.
• "Old Money" is also an episode of the second season of The Simpsons.

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