I'm not completely sure, but I doubt any British person would ever say 20 shillings or 30 shillings, which is in the dialogue at the very beginning. 20 shillings was a pound, and nicknamed a guinea and I believe people would call it "a guinea", never "20 shillings". 30 shillings was a pound and a half, which I believe most people would call "one pound ten." Are there any British people who were alive before the money changed in 1971 that could confirm this?
share30 shillings would be known as thirty bob. Most likely, twenty shillings would have been referred to as twenty bob by the common folk. At least that's what my father used to say rather than a pound.
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Thanks for your reply! I forgot about the nickname Bob.
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shareFurthermore, a guinea was 21 shillings, so in fact not a pound. There used to be coins for five shillings known as a Crown. Two and a half shillings known as half a crown. There was a ten shilling note before being replaced by a 50 pence piece.
shareA pound was often referred to as a sovereign, or as the wide boys used to say 'twenty sovs to you guv'nor'!
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30 shillings would be known as thirty bob. Most likely, twenty shillings would have been referred to as twenty bob by the common folk. At least that's what my father used to say rather than a pound.
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English money was made up of the following before decimalisation, it was pounds, shillings and pence.
farthing: called a farthing and is equal to 1 4th of a penny.
half a penny: "ha'penny" (pronounced HAY-p'nee), plural halfpennies ("ha'pennies") for the coins, halfpence ("ha'pence") for the monetary amount.value half a penny
1 penny: Commonly called a "copper"; plural "pennies" for the coins, "pence" for the monetary amount value 1 penny
3 penny: Sometimes called "thripp'nce", "thrupp'nce", "threpp'nce" or "thripp'ny bit", "thrupp'ny bit". Referred to as a "joey" after the groat was no longer in circulation value 3 pennies
6 penny: Also called "tanner" value 6 pennies
1 shilling: Also called a Bob value 12 pennies
Half a Crown: called half a crown.. value was 2 shillings and 6 pennies
1 crown called a crown. value 5 shillings
10 bob is 10 shillings which is half a pound a pound was called among other things a Quid.
the common talk would be to say 20 bob but some would say shilling
Not only was i alive lol but i grew up with this until the chanfe to decimalisation, the new coins had a half penny that was removed because of its tiny size about the size of a grown mans smallest fingernail. it was constantly lost and a pain when having to pay for something that had that half penny tacked on. people celebrated when it was removed. by the way a Guinea is whatever pound amount plus 1 shilling for each pound. example 1 guinea = 1pound and 1 shilling therefore 50 guineas will = 50 pounds and 50 shillings.
hope thats some help.
You missed out the two bob bit, or two shillings if you like. Value 24 pennies.
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During WWII and the post-war years, The crown was also known as a dollar, and the half crown as a half a dollar. At the time an American dollar was worth about the same.
shareWould be a helluva lot simpler ;-)
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30 bob might more likey be refered to as one pound ten. And a guinea wasn't s nickname for a pound, a guinea was one pound one shilling.
shareNo, it would have (and was) referred to as 30 bob. One pound ten would have been what it would be referred to today. One pound and ten pence, although the actual value would be different.
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One pound ten was actually quite a usual way of refering to that amount of money. ten shilling notes were very common, and if you had a pound and a ten shilling note you were quite likely to say 'one pound ten' rather than thirty bob. ten shillings was quite a substantial amount of money. And trn shillings and ten pence are not at all the same thing.
shareNever said they were the same thing. I said one pound ten would be one pound and ten pennies. 20 shillings in a pound. Ten in half a pound. 30 shillings was a pound and a half or, as it was commonly referred to..... 30 bob and not one pound ten. Not sure where you are getting that from.
It wasnt me, it was the other three. Hang them!