Five shillings was a crown and a very handy amount because it was exactly a quarter of a pound sterling. Crowns had gone out by my day but we still had half- crowns. Half-a-crown was very handy. It was worth 2 shillings and sixpence or 2/6 (two and six - half of five shillings). I remember with fondness the half-crown pieces because you could easily count eight in your hand and realise you had a pound. Whereas, when we changed to metric money, you had to count ten to the pound (2 shilling pieces only) and that is less easy to do visually (for me at least). Does this help? Quoting ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com: > ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 11 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Wills ["Peggy Henderson" > <pjh44@comcast.n] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-D, send a message to > > ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-D list administrator, Ray Osborn, send mail > to ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > You are cordially invited to search an informative Web site maintained at > > <http://members.bordernet.co.nz/~my4bears/> > > Any & all comments/additions/amendments are welcome. > > > > ______________________________