The most useless #coin ever? 'One Mil': one one-thousandth of a Hong Kong Dollar, used by the British between 1863-66pic.twitter.com/M233Zj6mbU
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@Matt0791 but but but a farthing, minted from 1860, was 1/960th of a GB £.... Or was a HK dollar worth significantly less than a £?!
@caitlinrgreen I imagine that a HK dollar was worth less than £ sterling in the 1860s, but I might be wrong.
@Matt0791 Looks like a 1:4, so a mil=c.1/4 of a farthing :) No idea what cost-of-living diff GBvsHK was in 1860s tho', if that would affect!
@caitlinrgreen A coin worth a quarter of a farthing is ridiculous! The again, millions were minted, so I guess they had good reason...
@Matt0791 Indeed. In fact, 59,000,000 of them, apparently!
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