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!

  • Deebster@infosec.pub
    13·
    18 hours ago

    Yup, as long as 6.5 is pronounced “six and a half” because “six point five” is too modern for old money.

    Edit: and ha’penny is pronounced HAYP-nee /h ɛ́j p n ɪj/

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      7·
      10 hours ago

      “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.