Old British Currency
There's no good reason I have this here. It just intrigues me. Maybe
you'll enjoy it too. The UK currency is decimal pounds like the US
currency is decimal dollars, or you could say, it is pounds and pence like
the US currency is dollars and cents.
Some of us remember when it was much more interesting.
A pound was 20 shillings and a shilling was 12 pence.
| coin |
also called |
value |
notation |
| farthing |
|
¼ pence |
¼d |
| half penny |
happenee |
½ pence |
½d |
| penny |
|
1 pence |
1d |
| |
tuppence |
2 pence |
2d |
| silver threepence |
thrippence |
3 pence |
3d |
| groat |
fourpenny |
4 pence |
4d |
| |
fivepence |
5 pence |
5d |
| sixpence |
tanner |
6 pence |
6d |
| |
ninepence |
9 pence |
9d |
| shilling |
bob |
12 pence |
1/- |
| florin |
|
2 shillings |
2/- |
| half crown |
half dollar |
2½ shillings |
2/6 |
| crown |
dollar |
5 shillings |
5/- |
| nobel |
|
80 pence |
6/8 |
| half sovereign |
|
10 shillings |
10/- |
| sovereign |
|
20 shillings |
20/- |
| pound |
quid |
20 shillings |
20/- |
| guinea |
|
21 shillings |
21/- |
