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How can you tell what the value of the coin is like shilling and sixpence or two pound. I have a 1887 Victoria also 1889 Victoria and an 1887 Victoria but much smaller in size?
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Victorian coins from the period 1887 to 1893 are near identical for each denomination.
What you need is to be able to identify and describe the coin in a manner that distinguishes it from other similar coins.
Gold coins
Five Pound (Quintuple Sovereign) - St. George and the dragon on reverse - issued in 1887 only.
Two Pound (Double Sovereign) - St. George and the dragon on reverse - 28.4 mm in diameter - issued in 1887 only.
Sovereign - St. George and the dragon on reverse - 22.05 mm in diameter.
Some earlier 1887 Sovereigns may depict a Crowned shield reverse.
Half-Sovereign - Crowned shield on reverse - 19.3 mm in diameter.
Silver coins
Crown - St. George and the dragon on reverse - 38.6 mm in diameter.
Double Florin (Four Shillings) - Cruciform shields and sceptres on reverse - 36 mm in diameter.
Halfcrown (Two Shillings and Sixpence) - Crowned shield in garter on reverse - 32 mm in diameter.
Florin (Two Shillings) - Cruciform shields and sceptres on reverse - 29.5 mm in diameter.
Shilling - Crowned shield in garter on reverse - 23.5 mm in diameter.
Some earlier 1887 Shillings may depict a Crowned "ONE SHILLING" in a wreath.
Sixpence - Crowned "SIXPENCE" in wreath on reverse - 19 mm in diameter.
Groat (Fourpence) - Britannia on reverse - 16 mm in diameter.
Threepence - Crowned "3" in wreath on reverse - 16 mm in diameter.
Bronze coins
Penny - Britannia on reverse - 30.81 mm in diameter
Halfpenny - Britannia on reverse - 26 mm in diameter
Farthing - Britannia on reverse - 20 mm in diameter
Third-Farthing - Crowned date and value on reverse - 15.5 mm in diameter
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How many sixpence in a pound?
There USED to be 40 sixpences in a pound. 2 sixpences = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound
What is sixpence in England and in America?
A type of coin. It circulated during Colonial times in America. Back then, the Pound was not decimalized (divided into 100 cents/pence). 20 shillings made up a pound, and twelve pence made up a shilling. When the UK decimalized their currency in 1971, the sixpence was revalued to 2.5 new pence. Sixpence, however, continued to be legal tender into 1980.
What is the sign for a shilling?
The sign for the British Shilling was an S if a sign was required. £1/2/6 or £1/2/6d represented One Pound, Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value is between the Pound value and the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. 2/6d represented Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value precedes the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. If the need arose to indicate an even Shilling value, it was written as 2/-, indicating Two Shillings and zero Pence or, 2S, indicating Two Shillings.
What is the sign for shilling?
The sign for the British Shilling was an S if a sign was required. £1/2/6 or £1/2/6d represented One Pound, Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value is between the Pound value and the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. 2/6d represented Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value precedes the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. If the need arose to indicate an even Shilling value, it was written as 2/-, indicating Two Shillings and zero Pence or, 2S, indicating Two Shillings.
When did Australia start using notes and coins?
Australia had its first issue of coins in 1910 and included the Threepence, Sixpence, Shilling and Florin. These were followed the following year with the Halfpenny and the Penny. Australian banknotes were first issued in 1913 and included the Ten Shilling, One Pound, Five Pound and Ten Pound notes. Prior to Australia having its own currency, we used British coins and banknotes on which the Australian currency was based.
What was the value of the shilling compared to the British pound in 1842?
The Shilling has always been 1/20th of a British Pound.
What is the type of currency based on ten?
That would be decimal currency, some currency such as the US dollar has always been decimal. However, other countries such as the UK (and most of the empire) was not always based on the decimal system. Until February in 1971, the UK used the Pound, Shilling and Pence (LSD) system. There were 12 pence to the shilling, and 20 pence to the pound, or 240 pence to the pound. Because of this, some coins that seem odd to the decimal mind made since back then, a sixpence was half a shilling, a threepence a quarter of a shilling, etc. When the UK went decimal, their coinage changed to 100 pence to the pound (with the pound being unchanged) this meant that a shilling was revalued at 5p and coins with more familiar denominations began circulating (5p, 20p, 50p, etc.)
What symbols for pounds shillings and pence?
Pound; l (lower-case L) or more commonly, £ with an extra cross-bar. Shilling (i.e. 12 pennies); s (lower-case), or /- if there are no 'pound' units, and no pennies. Pennies; d (lower-case). example: Two pounds, five shillings and sixpence.... £2 5s 6d five shillings.... 5/- five shillings and sixpence.... 5/6d
What type of currency was used in England in World War 1?
The currency of Britain in 1914 was the (predecimal) British Pound Sterling in which one pound (£1) was equal to 20 shillings (20/-) and each shilling was equal to 12 pennies (12d), so one pound was equal to 240 pennies.
What is more a shilling or a pound?
A pound is more. It takes twenty shillings to make a pound
How much is a shilling in 1940's?
There were 12 Pennies in a Shilling, and 20 Shillings in a Pound. A shilling at time of decimalisation was worth 5p
What does s stand for in old British money?
shilling 1/20 of a pound 12 pence = 1 shilling 240 pence = 1 pound
