how did people buy really cheap stuff in the olden days when pounds were worth much more ? Surely 1 pence would be paying too much in certain situations

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how did people buy really cheap stuff in the olden days when pounds were worth much more ? Surely 1 pence would be paying too much in certain situations

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Answer 1

Yep. That’s why there were half pennies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfpenny_(British_decimal_coin)

And pre-decimalisation there were farthings, half farthings, third farthings and quarter farthings.