On Tue 28 Jan 2003 16:13:56 +0000(+0000), Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:50:12PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > OT: so where's the lexicon that relates quid, guinea, bob, > > shilling, pence, pound and so forth, for the ignorant > > north-americaner? :) > > OK, Just to make things more complicated British money changed around > 1970 from 1 pound = 240 pennies from 1 pound = 100 new pennies, ie. > the value of the pound stayed the same but the penny changed. The > 1/240-pound sort of pennies are now called "old pennies", but of > course they were just pennies at the time.
They were bloody big coins though. > Quid = pound (slang) > Pence = alternative form of Pennies > Shilling = 12 old pennies = 5 new pennies > Half-crown = 2/6 (2 shillings and 6 pence), 30 old pennies, 12.5 new > pennies > Bob = shilling (slang) > Hapenny = half-penny (elision) > Thruppenny bit = 3 (old) penny coin To add my ha'p'orth (halfpennyworth), the denominations are/were abbreviated as: p - new pence d - old pence s - shillings L - pounds - £ is a stylised L In other words our currency used to be L.s.d. -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]