Note for the Young, and anyone who isn't British, TBH

  • One shilling = Five Pee. 
  • Two Farthings = One Ha’penny. 
  • Two Ha’pennies = One Penny. 
  • Three Pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. 
  • Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. 
  • Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. 
  • Two Bob = A Florin. 
  • One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. 
  • Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. 
  • Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). 
  • One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.

"The British resisted decimalised currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated."

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