I don't know how the currency was handled on Leo, but as a reference for our American friends I shall say a few words on British currency prior to 1971. The basic unit was the pound. The symbol was the same as nowadays, viz. a scripty capital L with two horizontal bars through it (though often only one bar is written, for speed) On e-mail I generally use an ordinary L for pound (L stands for Livre (french = pound)) King Offa (?9th century) fixed the value of a penny at 1/240 of a pound. Later the shilling was fixed at 12 pence. (Pence is the plural of penny, in case you hadn't worked it out. "Pennies" is a word coined much more recently (pun intended)) So L1 = 20 s. (s stands for solidus (lat. = a silver coin of some sort) or sou (Fr. = a coin worth not a lot)) 1 s. = 12 d. (d stands for denarius (lat. = penny) or denier (fr. = penny)) Halfpence (pronounced ha'pence) were in use until 1969 (and re-introduced with decimalisation in 1971). Farthings (1/4 d) were in use at least until the mid 1940s, and may have been required for Leo. So to computerise the currency you probably need: A field for whole pounds A field for shillings (up to 19 with a carry at 20) A field for pence (up to 11 with a carry at 12) A field for farthings or ha'pence (up to the obvious numbers thereof) It would not likely be possible to ignore the fractions of pence, since even as late as the 1950s 1/2 d had a reasonable purchasing power, perhaps equivalent to one US dime today. Also, just as they do today, vendors loved prices ending ...nineteen shillings and elevenpence ha'penny. Philip.