KGVI Reign - Part 1 - The Cash

Thanks for very much for posting this. Helps clear up my questions on my own British Commonwealth stamps!

Welcome, Love The Commonwealth!

Where in Canada do you live? I'm in Ottawa.

David

I'm out in B.C.

Wonderful thread David.

Thanks for sharing your expertise with us.

Dianne

great article. One small note, 3/2 would not have been spoken as three and two, it would have been spoken three and tuppence. I spent half my life using pounds, shilling and pence

Here is some more of the spoken. I have spelt it as it would have been spoken in the east end of London, where I lived

6d - a tanner, or in the singular (say in 1/6) one and six (the only number that did not get the pence when added to the shilling
3d - throup-nee bit
1/2 'aypence
shilling - a bob
two shillings - a florin
two shillings and sixpence - 'alf a crown
2d - tuppence
3/-, 4/- etc, 3 bob, 4 bob etc
ten pounds- a tenner
Five Pounds - a sky diver (diver is for fiver) or a lady
One Pound and one shilling - a guinea
A penny - a copper (what they used to be made of guv)

The new English coinage, which was introduced in 2008. The design came from the winner of a public competition. Personally I think it is really neat, the first time a combined design has been spread over coinage.

Egads !!

I was lucky. When I lived in England, the pound was worth $2.40. making the penny was equal to a cent.

Also, I was there when the new coins came out. The new five pence was the same size as a shilling - both being 1/20th of a pound. Likewise, the new ten pence coin was the same size as the two bob coin - 1/10th of a pound.

Jack Kelley