I know that “s.” refers to “shillings” and “d.” to “pennies”, and I believe that “6d.” is “sixpence”.
Anyone?
If you have a source, all the better!
I know that “s.” refers to “shillings” and “d.” to “pennies”, and I believe that “6d.” is “sixpence”.
Anyone?
If you have a source, all the better!
“sixpence ha’penny” would also be acceptable, if not preferable.
Source: My parents also remember pre-decimal money and I’ve heard plenty of tales.
One good story is how, on decimal day, a lot of prices went up to 240% of the original because shopkeepers simply changed the d to a p on their price labels. One old penny was 1/240 of a pound and a new penny was 1/100.