The Original British Monetary System

When we get to our Currency block in March I'd love to do some math exercises with the original British monetary system. I think it's fascinating, and you run across references to it all the time in old books!

So this post is a placeholder for me to keep track of picture and chapter books that we could use for this... and if you find some, let me know! By the time March rolls around I should have lots of examples all ready to go.

Original British Monetary System

Two farthings = one ha’penny

Two ha’pennies = one penny

Three pennies = a thrupenny bit

Two thrupences = a sixpence

Two sixpences = one shilling, or bob

Two bob = a florin

One florin and one sixpence = half a crown

Four half crowns = ten bob note

Two ten bob notes = one pound (or 240 pennies)

One pound and one shilling = one guinea

The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated. 😊

When We Were Very Young
by A.A. Milne
"Market Square"
penny, tuppence, sixpence

A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
chapter 13, "One of the Populace"
fourpenny piece

The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
chapter 9, "The Strangest House"
five shillings

Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild
chapter 9, "Pauline Wants a New Frock"
five guineas, thirty shillings, five pounds

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