1952 (issued to 1965) Australia
Aborigine
2/6 Deep Brown - (vertical)
Mint UnHinged = $6.00 AUD
Fine Used = $0.50 AUD
2/6 Sepia (1965 only) - (vertical)
Mint UnHinged = $20.00 AUD
Fine Used = $20.00 AUD
Source = Stanley Gibbons and Renniks Catalogues
Australia issued 2 cent stamps from 1966 to 1989. If the stamp has been used, it will not be worth much. Mint UnHinged (MUH) stamps might get up to $1.20 AUD.
Britain used Pounds, Shillings and Pence as their currency for many years. There were 12 Pence to the Shilling and 20 Shillings to the Pound. Many British Colonies and countries of the British Empire/Commonwealth also used Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
Nine Pence.
The Sovereign face value = 1 Pound or 20 Shillings - now 1 Pound The Half-Sovereign face value = 10 Shillings - now 50 Pence The old Crown of Five Shillings = 25 Pence The Halfcrown = 12.5 Pence The Florin of Two Shillings = 10 Pence The Shilling = 5 Pence The Sixpence = 2.5 Pence The Threepence = 1.25 Pence The old Penny = 0.416 Pence The old Halfpenny = 0.208 Pence The Farthing = 0.104 Pence
There were 12 Pence to the Shilling and 20 Shillings to the Pound.
The British Shilling converted to 5 New Pence at decimalisation. The Australian and New Zealand Shillings, amongst many others, converted to 10 cents at decimalisation.
Australia has never produced a coin valued at 8 anything (Pounds, Shillings, Pence, Dollars or cents).
In the old £/s/d system, 1 Shilling = 12 Pence, therefore 6 Shillings = 72 pence. At decimalisation in 1971, 1 Shilling translated to 5 New Pence, therefore 6 Shillings became 30 New Pence.
In British currency, the value of a shilling in 1830 was equivalent to 12 pence. Therefore, a pension of 30 shillings would be calculated as follows: 30 shillings * 12 pence/shilling = 360 pence. So, a pension of 30 shillings in British currency from 1830 would be equivalent to 360 pence.
Half crowns, florins, pounds, shillings, and pence. A pound consisted of 20 shillings, and a shilling consisted of 12 pence. A half crown was 2 shillings and 6 pence. A florin was 2 shillings. They had "notes". These notes were to England as dollars were to the US.
You seem to have answered your own question. If you're trying to convert shillings and sixpence into modern pence, it becomes 17 pounds and 47.5 pence.
Pounds, shillings and pence.
1971