It possibly means that you owe somebody 8 Shillings for the supply and delivery of your newspapers, which they would very much like you to pay.
About 5 shillings.
There were a variety of gold coins circulating in England during the 1500's. The face value of many coins changed from time to time for economic reasons. Circulating British gold coins of the 1500's , included - Sovereign (20 Shillings) Half-Sovereign (10 Shillings) Double-Sovereign (40 Shillings) Treble-Sovereign (60 Shillings) Fine-Sovereign (30 Shillings) Ryal (10 Shillings or, 15 Shillings) Angel (6 Shillings and 8 Pence or, 7 Shillings and 6 Pence or, 8 Shillings or, 10 Shillings) Half-Angel or Angelet Quarter- Angel George- Noble (6 Shillings and 8 Pence) Half-George- Noble (3 Shillings and 4 Pence) Crown of the Rose (4 Shillings and 6 Pence) Crown of the Double-Rose (5 Shillings) Crown Halfcrown Pound (20 Shillings) Half-Pound (10 Shillings)
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8 Shillings GBP in 1950 had the purchasing power of about £9.18 GBP today. NOTE - This historical conversion is the result of many calculations and considerations for which I cannot take credit. The resulting answer should only be regarded as an approximation.
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The old predecimal Pound (or Sovereign) consisted of 20 Shillings. There were 4 Crowns (Five Shillings) to the Pound. Subsequently there were 8 Halfcrowns to the Pound. The Sovereign has a face value of One Pound.
Austria abandoned the shilling for the Euro several years ago.
All school kids got used to it very quickly. The maths of predecimal currencies was another reason for the conversion to a decimal based currency system. There were 12 Pennies in a Shilling, and 20 Shilling in a Pound. That is what you need to remember. Add these two predecimal values - £3/15/6 - 3 Pounds, 15 Shillings and 6 Pence. £2/ 7/ 8 - 2 Pounds, 7 Shillings and 8 Pence. Add the pennies first. 8 Pence + 6 Pence = 14 Pence. 14 Pence = 1 Shilling and 2 Pence. Put down the 2 Pence and carry the 1 Shilling. £ / / 2 Next, add the Shillings starting with the carried over 1 Shilling from the Pence addition. 1 Shilling + 7 Shillings + 15 Shillings = 23 Shillings. 23 Shillings = 1 Pound and 3 Shillings. Put down the 3 Shillings and carry the 1 Pound. £ / 3/ 2 Finally, add the Pounds starting with the carried over 1 Pound from the Shillings addition. 1 Pound + 2 Pound + 3 Pound = 6 Pounds. £6/ 3/ 2 - Total = 6 Pounds, 3 Shillings and 2 Pence. Easy. This was mental arithmetic for shopkeepers and other business people in predecimal days.
It means that if you take a piece of paper and cut out 8 little squares from it, with each square beingexactly 1 inch on a side, then the amount of paper in these 8 pieces will exactly cover the shape,no matter what shape the shape is.
8 shillings a day.
240 pennies 8 half crowns 10 two shillings 20 shillings 40 sixpences 80 threepenny pieces 2 ten-shilling notes and 1 pound note
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