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[alecstilleyedye]

what was pre-decimal coinage known as, pre decimal coinage?

 

[Dayvo]

Not sure! Pounds, shillings and pennies?

 

[TVC]

Money

 

[addictfreak]

Confusing!

 

[amnesia]

Wonga.


Or possibly not.

 

[Cubist]

LSD believe it or not.

L was for pounds , S for shillings, D for pence.

Twelve pence in a shilling, 20 shillings to the pound.
Following denominations were still legal tender at some point in my life:
Farthing =1/4 of a penny,
Halfpenny= 1/2 of one pence
Penny = 1d
Threepenny piece =3d
Sixpence =6d (also known as a tanner)
One shilling (a bob) =12d
Florin = 2 shillings (2s) or two bob.
Half a crown =2s6d
Crown= 5s

Notes started at ten shillings, the modern equivalent of 50p which is why it's sometimes known as a ten bob bit.

A guinea was one pound and one shilling. A Sovereign had a face value of one pound.

I keep a half-sovereign in my wallet as part of a family tradition. It's a tiny gold coin worth about £40

Stop me someone, I'm reminiscing.......

 

[Arch]

what was pre-decimal coinage known as, pre decimal coinage?

Coinage, I suppose...

 

[Dayvo]

LSD believe it or not.

L was for pounds , S for shillings, D for pence.

I may be wrong, in other words you're older than me! , but I thought it was pennies, not pence!

 

[rh100]

LSD. Interesting question and found these through Google, but Cubist beat me to it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd

and http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/oldunits/money.htm

According to the Wiki site, LSD also used to be called pound shilling and pence

I don't remember pre decimal, but I do remember 1/2 pence and £1 notes and when 20p pieces came out in the '80s and the first £1 coins

 

[Spinney]

Pence, as in tuppence, threpence, fourpence

I remember my mum bemoaning the modern '2 p' (pronounced 2 pea) that came in with the decimal coinage

 

[threebikesmcginty]

what was pre-decimal coinage known as, pre decimal coinage?

That would be like people living in BC saying 'it's 569 BC' as though they knew Christ would be born in 569 years time wouldn't it?

 

[dellzeqq]

the groat. But that was a long time before.

I think the 'd' for pence comes from the Latin denarius

 

[summerdays]

I just about remember the old coins (well the small ones), and given sixpence by an uncle but it all changed about the same time as I started school.

 

[Dayvo]

I liked the old threepenny bits (not just the rhyming slang )!

12 edges:

 

[Fnaar]

I've been a barman at various times in my incarnation. Quote from a barmaid I once worked with:
"Gor blimey, nearly shut me thrup'nees in the till!"