Originally Posted by
Cyclespanner
That would have been £1 2/6 back then.
2/6' was a Half Crown (Two Shillings and Six Pence)
Coins at that time were ('Change')
Farthing = 1/4 of a penny = 1/4d
Half Penny - 'ha'penny' = 1/2d
Penny =1d
Three Penny =3d
Sixpence = 6d = 'Tanner''
One Shilling = 1/- = 'Bob'
Two Shillings = 2/- = 'Florin'
Half Crown = 2/6
Crown = five Shillings = 5/-
One Guinea = 21 Shillings (a nominal amount, not a coin as such)
Notes:-
10 Shillings = 'Ten Bob'
£1 - 20 Shillings ='Quid'
£5 - 100 Shillings = 'Five Quid'
£10 - 'Tenner'
£20
I think there was a £50, but common folk never had one!
Being the generation that was introduced to 'Decimalisation' (£1 = 100p) simplified everything; at least to me!
Think I got that lot correct.
Entirely correct I think, I do just about remember using old coins.
I think I also remember holding a 10 bob note, according to the web that went out in 1969 and I do remember watching the moon landing.
I 'inherited' my childhood coin collection from my parent's house a couple of years back so I could check.
I think 22'6 is easier to say, and just maybe it sounds a bit like it's cheaper that £1 something.
Apparently 8% of Londoners still use rhyming slang for money
https://romanroadlondon.com/cockney-...g-slang-money/During the 2012 Olympics, an ATM on Commercial Street gave customers the language option of ‘Cockney rhyming slang’. To withdraw a bit of ’sausage and mash’ (cash), you were first asked to enter your ‘Huckleberry Finn’ (pin). This led to monetary prompts such as ‘Lady Godiva’ (£5) and ‘Horn of Plenty’ (£20).