Evening All
Ah well.... there was the ha'penny (1/2d), penny (1d) thre'penny bit
(3d), sixpence, shilling (s) also known as a bob, florin (2s), half
crown (2/6 - 2s 6d), crown (5s), ten bob note (10s), and the pound!!
And even earlier there was the farthing (1/4d)!! Of course then there
was the way they were written....
1/2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 2/6, 5/-, 10/-, £1..... oh and the guinea
(21 shillings!!)
And most of these were around till the early '70's when we went
'metric'!!
Sue in EY
On 22 Jan 2009, at 19:17, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
I had no problem figuring out that "sh" stood for "shilling" and
why. But, try as I might I could never figure out the abbreviations
for *either* the pound *or* the pence. And now I know... "L" for
pound -- from libbra (the scales) and "d" for "denaro" -- 1/24th of
a pound (1pound= 20shillings. 1shilling =12pence)
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