explain british money to me

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by el freako


That can't be right.

the slang for a 10 shilling note (now worth 50p) was 'ten bob note' so surely a bob is a shilling?

1 shilling = 12 old pence, 5 new pence.

So I presume he means the old name for the old 5 new pence pieces which were identical to shillings. Indeed I remember using shillings as 5 pence pieces.

[redbaron]

Originally posted by Drogue
Jamski is correct, except he forgot:

10 shillings = 1 crown
21 shillings = 1 guinea

Not quite, 1 crown = 5 shillings (now 25p)
Half-Crown = two-and-six (12.5p)