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“Your L.S.D. Will Make Men Free.”
I found this item and brought it to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. I have included the permalink to the original item (above) - just so you know that I didn't write it and so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like - their home page is . If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)This just goes to show what fascinating documents postcards are. They can offer such a wealth of information for the historian, professional or amateur. And it's not just the images depicted on them. No, in the case of this card it's the message on the back - L.S.D. referring of course(!) to the pre decimalisation British currency of pounds (L or £); Shillings (S) and Pence (D from the Latin Denarii). And the freedom? Well it's a WWII era postcard...
After a little research I learned that L.S.D. is not only the acronym for the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (first synthesized in 1938), but also for "Librae Solidi Denarii," a shorthand version to indicate England's pre-decimal currencies of pounds, shillings, and pence. The "L" stands for the Roman basic unit of weight (libra), from which the British currency sign, or "pound sign"...
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After a little research I learned that L.S.D. is not only the acronym for the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (first synthesized in 1938), but also for "Librae Solidi Denarii," a shorthand version to indicate England's pre-decimal currencies of pounds, shillings, and pence. The "L" stands for the Roman basic unit of weight (libra), from which the British currency sign, or "pound sign"...This is a Postcard From The Web | No Comments »
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