polygonum wrote on 10 aug 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: >> at 1/- per diem >> >> NB 1/-is one shilling or 10p >> > I'd agree up to the 10p - one shilling was 5p No, 1s was 12d. There were 20s in the £, btw. -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

On 10/08/2013 19:54, Evertjan. wrote: > polygonum wrote on 10 aug 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > >>> at 1/- per diem >>> >>> NB 1/-is one shilling or 10p >>> >> I'd agree up to the 10p - one shilling was 5p > > No, 1s was 12d. > > There were 20s in the £, btw. > 12d = 5p, so a shilling converted to 5 new pence. 240 d in the pound. 60 d in the crown 30 d in the half crown 24 d in the florin -- Rod