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"Tanada" wrote in message ink.net... I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. I know that a quid is a pound, but that's all I know. I wonder what a shilling is... |
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Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Yup - or, "Just my two penn'orth." Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant Well, pre-decimalisation days, we had pounds(£), shillings(s) and pence(d). There were 240 pence (pennies) to one pound. A shilling was made up of 12 pennies, so there were 20 shillings to the pound. A bob was a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-). Half-a-crown as 2shillings and sixpence (written as 2/6d or 2s 6d), hence a crown was 5 shillings (written as 5s or 5/-) Of course, we also had guineas... a guinea was £1 and 1 shilling, or, 21shillings, or 21/- Then we went decimal... so we got rid of shillings. We now have pounds (£) and pence (p). There are 100 pennies in a pound. So... 1d = 2.4p and 1/- (or 1s) = 5p I was a schoolkid when we went decimal over here and had great fun, as we kids found it no hassle at all, but I remember adult relatives having a heck of a time doing conversions... I think that experience is why *now* have little problem flitting between metric & imperial measurements. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Yup - or, "Just my two penn'orth." Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant Well, pre-decimalisation days, we had pounds(£), shillings(s) and pence(d). There were 240 pence (pennies) to one pound. A shilling was made up of 12 pennies, so there were 20 shillings to the pound. A bob was a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-). Half-a-crown as 2shillings and sixpence (written as 2/6d or 2s 6d), hence a crown was 5 shillings (written as 5s or 5/-) Of course, we also had guineas... a guinea was £1 and 1 shilling, or, 21shillings, or 21/- Then we went decimal... so we got rid of shillings. We now have pounds (£) and pence (p). There are 100 pennies in a pound. So... 1d = 2.4p and 1/- (or 1s) = 5p I was a schoolkid when we went decimal over here and had great fun, as we kids found it no hassle at all, but I remember adult relatives having a heck of a time doing conversions... I think that experience is why *now* have little problem flitting between metric & imperial measurements. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly
"just my two-pennyworth" depending on region. I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound. But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this: Farthing (a quarter of a penny) Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny) Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound) Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided coin) Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin) Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound) Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound) Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a pound) Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the 50's] Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker) The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say 40 poundish) Hope that helps :-) Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived in! Purrs Gordon & the TT -- Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat "Tanada" wrote Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant |
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The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly
"just my two-pennyworth" depending on region. I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound. But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this: Farthing (a quarter of a penny) Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny) Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound) Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided coin) Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin) Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound) Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound) Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a pound) Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the 50's] Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker) The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say 40 poundish) Hope that helps :-) Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived in! Purrs Gordon & the TT -- Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat "Tanada" wrote Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant |
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Exocat wrote:
The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly "just my two-pennyworth" depending on region. I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound. But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this: Farthing (a quarter of a penny) Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny) Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound) Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided coin) Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin) Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound) Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound) Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a pound) Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the 50's] Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker) The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say 40 poundish) Hope that helps :-) If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well. Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system. But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten. Pam S. |
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Exocat wrote:
The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly "just my two-pennyworth" depending on region. I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound. But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this: Farthing (a quarter of a penny) Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny) Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound) Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided coin) Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin) Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound) Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound) Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a pound) Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the 50's] Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker) The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say 40 poundish) Hope that helps :-) If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well. Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system. But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten. Pam S. |
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Tanada wrote:
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote: Just my £0.02 :-) Cheers, helen s Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant The crown, half crown and bob (shilling) were pre-decimal coins, they ceased in 1971. Now it's just 100 pennies to the pound. I still convert prices to the old currency just to tease my mother, if she buys something for 50p I say gosh, that's 10 shillings in real money. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Tanada wrote:
dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote: Just my £0.02 :-) Cheers, helen s Would you call that "just my 2 pence?" Seriously, I'm curious about the British monetary system. I've never really been able to understand it. How many pence in a half crown, or a crown, how much is a bob, and so forth? I can spend money in any language, I just don't understand it. Pam S. ignorant The crown, half crown and bob (shilling) were pre-decimal coins, they ceased in 1971. Now it's just 100 pennies to the pound. I still convert prices to the old currency just to tease my mother, if she buys something for 50p I say gosh, that's 10 shillings in real money. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Tanada wrote: If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well. Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system. But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten. As does the "metric" system. I've often wondered, though - it's obvious that counting by base ten arose from the fact that humans have ten fingers, but how did base twelve arise? Was there a time in pre-history when people in Britain had six fingers on each hand? (And when it comes to linear measure, there are twelve inches to a foot.) |
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