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How many shillings can you get for 5.50?
110, a shilling converted to 5 pence.
What is seventeen shillings and sixpence?
You seem to have answered your own question. If you're trying to convert shillings and sixpence into modern pence, it becomes 17 pounds and 47.5 pence.
Who used shillings and pence?
Britain used Pounds, Shillings and Pence as their currency for many years. There were 12 Pence to the Shilling and 20 Shillings to the Pound. Many British Colonies and countries of the British Empire/Commonwealth also used Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
What is 9 pence in value in Pounds Shillings and Pence?
Nine Pence.
Chart showing equivalent values of decimal coins and old shillings and pence?
The Sovereign face value = 1 Pound or 20 Shillings - now 1 Pound The Half-Sovereign face value = 10 Shillings - now 50 Pence The old Crown of Five Shillings = 25 Pence The Halfcrown = 12.5 Pence The Florin of Two Shillings = 10 Pence The Shilling = 5 Pence The Sixpence = 2.5 Pence The Threepence = 1.25 Pence The old Penny = 0.416 Pence The old Halfpenny = 0.208 Pence The Farthing = 0.104 Pence
How many shillings were in a pence?
There were 12 Pence to the Shilling and 20 Shillings to the Pound.
How do you convert pounds into shillings and pence?
In the old currency, there were 12 Pence in a Shilling and 20 Shillings in a Pound. At Britains conversion to decimal, One Pound changed from One Pound of 240 (old) Pence, to One Pound of 100 (new) Pence. Ten Shillings became 50 New Pence Two Shillings became 10 New Pence One Shilling became 5 New Pence Later on, two further coins were introduced - 25 (New) Pence was the equivalent of the old Crown (Five Shillings) 20 (New) Pence was equivalent to 4 Shillings. There was no new decimal coin for the other old denominations. A Halfcrown converted to 12.5 New Pence Sixpence converted to 2.5 New Pence Threepence converted to 1.25 New Pence One old Penny converted to 0.416 New Pence One old Halfpenny converted to 0.208 New Pence
How much is 6 shillings in pences?
In the old £/s/d system, 1 Shilling = 12 Pence, therefore 6 Shillings = 72 pence. At decimalisation in 1971, 1 Shilling translated to 5 New Pence, therefore 6 Shillings became 30 New Pence.
How much is 30 Shillings pension from British 1830?
In British currency, the value of a shilling in 1830 was equivalent to 12 pence. Therefore, a pension of 30 shillings would be calculated as follows: 30 shillings * 12 pence/shilling = 360 pence. So, a pension of 30 shillings in British currency from 1830 would be equivalent to 360 pence.
What type of money did England use in the 1500s?
Half crowns, florins, pounds, shillings, and pence. A pound consisted of 20 shillings, and a shilling consisted of 12 pence. A half crown was 2 shillings and 6 pence. A florin was 2 shillings. They had "notes". These notes were to England as dollars were to the US.
What was Victorian money?
Pounds, shillings and pence.
When did pounds and pence replace shillings?
1971
