General Chat

The florin was introduced decades ago, as the first stage of decimalisation, being one tenth of a pound. That was as far as it got! The half crown was never withdrawn and the new coinage to split the florin into ten was never introduced.

I forgot about the 'threpp'ny bit' (or throop'ny bit, depending on where you came from) - a 12-sided small brass coin worth three pence. Paper money was very different as well. As well as pound notes and five pound notes, we had ten shilling notes which equate to a 50p coin now, as half of one pound. I can remember, as a child in the 1950s, my big brother was given a £5 note for his first Christmas bonus, after he started work. It was a very large piece of white paper and something rarely seen in our house, as it was worth quite a lot of money in those days. I used to get half-a-crown pocket money each week from my Dad, two shillings (a florin) from my Mum and sixpence from my brother, making 5 shillings in all, which was written as 5/- then. CB >|<

Lee, If I remember right,on the one side there was a Cross,and on each side of it there was the emblems of England ,Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and in the centre was the Crown of England. Happy days,it was worth something then.It was my Pocket money every week.Hal.

There was alse a Two Shilling Coin,Called a 'Florin'Twenty Four old pence. Hal.

Dan, £ = Libra; s = solidus; d = denarius in Latin £ = Pounds sterling; s = shillings; d = pence 4 farthings = 2 halfpennies (ha'pennies) = 1 penny (plural - pence) 240 pence = 20 shillings = £1 12 pence = 1 shilling 1 guinea = £1.1s.0d 1 crown = 5 shillings; half-a-crown = 2s 6d Slang terms - a quid = £1, a bob = a shilling, a tanner = 6d (there was a sixpenny piece), three ha'pence short of a bob = not quite the shilling = not all there. Hope this helps. CB >|<

I was wrong then, pence it is. I learn something new everyday on here :) Heather

Thanks. Seems a very confusing system.

I thought it was shillings and I can only just remember them:) Heather

Pence

Seems a silly question to ask but what does the d mean? Pounds, pence?