Two Shillings GBP in 1957 had the purchasing power of about £1.60 GBP today.
The sign for the British Shilling was an S if a sign was required. £1/2/6 or £1/2/6d represented One Pound, Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value is between the Pound value and the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. 2/6d represented Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value precedes the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. If the need arose to indicate an even Shilling value, it was written as 2/-, indicating Two Shillings and zero Pence or, 2S, indicating Two Shillings.
The sign for the British Shilling was an S if a sign was required. £1/2/6 or £1/2/6d represented One Pound, Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value is between the Pound value and the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. 2/6d represented Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value precedes the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. If the need arose to indicate an even Shilling value, it was written as 2/-, indicating Two Shillings and zero Pence or, 2S, indicating Two Shillings.
A Halfcrown is the eqivalent of Two Shillings and Sixpence. A Crown was Five Shillings.
20 cents
There was no 1861 British Florin (Two Shillings) minted.
Tuppence is an old English word, it means two pennies. There were two pennies in a shilling and twenty shillings in a pound.
Two Shillings and Sixpence does not have a value in dollars or any other currency. It is part of a long redundant or obsolete currency. The value of Two Shillings and Sixpence was represented by the Halfcrown coin until Britains decimalisation in 1971 when the coin was withdrawn along with most other British predecimal coins. At decimalisation, the value converted to 12.5 New Pence. In 1971, Two Shillings and Sixpence had the purchasing power of about £2.84 GBP today. In 1971, Two Shillings and Sixpence had the purchasing power of about $4.57 USD today. NOTE - This historical conversion is the result of many calculations and considerations by a purpose designed program for which I can take no credit. The resulting answer should only be regarded as an approximation.
Such a coin does not exist. The Florin (Two Shillings) was first minted for general circulation in 1849.
At the time of Australia's conversion to decimal currency in 1966, an Australian Two Shillings (Florin) converted to an Australian 20 cents. At that time, Two Shillings Australian was equivalent to Two Shillings British.
There were 40 Shillings in the predecimal Two Pounds.
Such a coin does not exist. The Eire Florin (Two Shillings) did not enter the Irish currency until about 1928.