The English sixpence was also known as a half-schilling or a tanner. The British coin was worth 1/40th of a pound sterling. The artwork for the coin was designed by John Sigismund Tanner, which explains the nickname of tanner for the sixpence.
The British Sixpence was known as a "Tanner". The Australian Sixpence was known as a "Zack".
Tanner
Six. A tanner is a sixpence.
The old slang for a sixpence was a "tanner".
A "Tanner" is a British colloquial term for a Sixpence. A "Halfcrown" is Two Shillings and Sixpence. There are five Sixpences (Tanners) in a Halfcrown.
It was once referred to as a "Half-Shilling". In British slang it was referred to as a "Tanner". In Australian slang it was referred to as a "Zack".
The British Sixpence, known in slang as a "Tanner", also had a variety of other names derived from "Tanner" courtesy of Cockney rhyming slang. These included, Suzy Anna, Goddess Diana and Lord of the Manor.
The Sixpence had a number of nicknames over the years, the most popular being "Tanner", used since the early 1800's. There are many theories on how the name "Tanner" came to be used, the most popular being it was derived from the Romany Gypsy "tawno" meaning small one.
half a crown was two shillings six pence or 5 sixpences a sixpence was nicknamed a tanner 1 x 6 pence = sixpence (a tanner) 2 x 6 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) 4 x 6 pence = 2 shillings = 1 florin 5 x 6 pence = 1 half crown 10 x 6 pence = 1 crown = 1/4 pound
An old 6d coin (half a shilling) was called a tanner
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