Dear Lord, lest I continue in my complacent ways, help me to remember that someone died for me today. And if there be war, help me to remember to ask and to answer "am I worth dying for?" - Eleanor Roosevelt
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
C = 100 D = 500 D = 500 _______ 1100 equals £11.00
chicken:
C = 100 I = 1 C = 100 _______ 201 equals £2.01
edam:
D = 500 M = 1000 ________ 1500 equals £15.00
salmon:
L = 50 M = 1000 ________ 1050 equals £10.50
ham:
M = 1000 ________ 1000 equals £10.00
Fortunately it is in current currency. It would have been more complicated in the old currency. Where there was 12 pence to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound. Therefore, 240 pence to a pound. A substantial difference. Such is the difference between base 10 and base 12 numeral systems.