▁p ence ▁each ) ▁to ▁the ▁p ound . ▁Under ▁the ▁decimal ▁system ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁( 1 ▁p ound ▁equals ▁ 1 0 0 ▁new ▁p ence ▁instead ▁of ▁ 2 4 0 ▁p ence ▁in ▁the ▁old ▁system ), ▁the ▁sh illing ▁co ins ▁still ▁in ▁circul ation ▁were ▁re - valu ed ▁at ▁ 5 ▁p ence ▁( no ▁more ▁were ▁mint ed ▁and ▁the ▁sh illing ▁coin ▁was ▁demon et ised ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁imperial ▁weight ▁system ▁there ▁are ▁twenty ▁hundred weight ▁in ▁a ▁ton . ▁ ▁In ▁English , ▁counting ▁by ▁the ▁score ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁histor ically , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁famous ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁G ett ys burg ▁Address ▁" F our ▁score ▁and ▁seven ▁years ▁ago … ", ▁meaning ▁eight y - se ven ▁( 8 7 ) ▁years ▁ago , ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁signing ▁of ▁the ▁Dec laration ▁of ▁Independ ence ▁that ▁happened ▁in ▁( ). ▁In ▁the ▁Author ised ▁Version ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁the ▁term ▁score ▁is ▁used ▁over ▁ 1 3 0 ▁times ▁although ▁only ▁when ▁prefix ed ▁by ▁a ▁number ▁greater ▁than ▁one ▁while ▁a ▁single ▁" score " ▁is ▁always ▁expressed ▁as ▁twenty . ▁ ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁score ▁to ▁sign ify ▁multi ples ▁of ▁twenty ▁has ▁fallen ▁into ▁dis use ▁in ▁modern ▁English . ▁ ▁Other ▁languages ▁have ▁terms ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁old ▁English ▁score , ▁for ▁example ▁Dan ish ▁and ▁Norwegian ▁s nes . ▁