Non-decimal currency in the 19th century envisaged a system of 1 Pound = 10 florins = 100 dimes = 1000 cents. However the only step taken at that time was the introduction in 1849 of a florin (two shillings) coin (the earliest examples bore the inscription "One Tenth of a Pound"). A partial listing of former non-decimal currencies (giving only units of account): In the Eurozone, in the interval between fixing the conversion factors between national currencies and the euro and the introduction of euro coins, the national currencies were non-decimal subdivisions of the euro. Non-decimal currency A non-decimal currency is a
Luccan pound Luccan pound The pound (Italian: "lira") was the currency of the Republic of Lucca until 1800 and again of the Duchy of Lucca between 1826 and 1847. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (Italian: "soldi"), each of 3 "quattrini" or 12 pennies (Italian: "denari"). The pound circulated until 1800, when the French franc was introduced, accompanied by the Luccan franc from 1805. After Napoleon's fall, the Luccan State remained without an official currency, using both old francs and Tuscan pounds and florins. The Luccan pound reappeared in 1826 by order of Duke Charles Louis, replacing all circulating currencies. The Luccan