Why has the Olivetti Suma Prima 10 and 11 keys?

by [deleted]

I mean, why this calculator has a specific key for number 10 and 11? This web says is for the old British currency, but I don't know what it means.

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pensivegargoyle

Before 1971, the UK had what now looks like an odd system of coinage. Twenty shillings made up one pound and each shilling was made up of twelve pence. So there's the reason for the 10 and 11 keys - to calculate with amounts of pence that didn't add up to a shilling.