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[1955] Pepsi-Cola (archive.org)
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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently d is the abbreviation for pence, as a relic of the Carolingian denarius. Charlemagne replaced local currencies with a literal pound of silver, divided into twenty solidi (later shillings), themselves divided into twelve denarii (later pennies). This was the standard across Europe for one thousand years. It only ended in England in 1971.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Tell that to a victim of stalking.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

That was my first thought too. You'd never be able to run an ad like that now.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

King sized and 10oz, wow!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

sixpence, 6d , but Oz as a liquid? where the fuck is this advert used?

sixpence and L.S.D. currency symbols mean britain, fluid ounces mean united states.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

From the description:

From the 20 December 1955 edition of Sydney Morning Herald.

Evidently Australia.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I even looked at the source, and still missed it. 😭

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Happens to the best of us

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