ARTexplains Science and History | Old British Money Was Really Weird! @ARTexplains | Uploaded September 2016 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Tristan from Step Back History takes over the channel to bring the world of Harry Potter to life... err, sort of. Turns out, the crazy monetary system in J.K. Rowling's legendary series was based on the real British monetary system when she was a kid! The units of conversion were so confusing though, that they are probably better left to fiction.

See the other half of our channel-switching collaboration here: youtube.com/watch?v=Rd2wXiWTeQc

Go to Step Back History here: youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A

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DaveBleasdale
Gage Skidmore
Euro Realist Newsletter

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