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Similar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
What a sensible, decimal system!
Duodecimal is objectively better and that's why commoners used it.
That's because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
It's more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn't afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
Division is the key but affordability wasn't why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.