To: Olog-hai
And don’t for get the Halfpenny, Farthing, Guinea, Crown, tuppenance, thrupance, bob, tanner or half-shilling.
52 posted on
12/07/2019 9:08:41 AM PST by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Some of them are nicknames for the same coin, e.g. bob = shilling (12d), tanner/half-shilling = sixpence (6d).
The “tuppence” (2p) came to be with decimalization, and the old Roman-based denominations (s for “solidus” and d for “denarius”, but not £ for “libra”) were dropped.
55 posted on
12/07/2019 9:16:42 AM PST by
Olog-hai
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