Money in Victorian London

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Currency Conversions

  • £1 = 20 shillings
  • 1 shilling = 12 pennies

Banknotes

Banknotes, as paper money is often referred, come in the following denominations: £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100

Individual Coins

  • Half-Farthing: 1/8 penny. Copper or bronze.
  • Farthing: 1/4 penny. Copper or bronze.
  • Half-Penny: 1/2 penny. Copper or bronze.
  • Penny: 1 penny. Copper
  • Twopence: 2 pence. Copper
  • Threepence: 3 pence. Silver.
  • Groat: 4 pence. Silver.
  • Six-Pence: 6 pence. Silver.
  • Shilling: 1 shilling. Silver.
  • Florin: 2 shillings. Silver.
  • Half-Crown: 2 shillings & sixpence. Silver.
  • Crown: 5 shillings. Silver.
  • Half-Sovereign: 10 shillings. Gold.
  • Sovereign: £1. Gold.
  • Two-Pound: £2. Gold.
  • Five–Pound: £5. Gold.

Money Slang

  • Bob: Shilling value. "Three bob."
  • Guinea: 21 shillings, just over a pound. Named for an old coin-type; has denotations of aristocracy, based on the idea that someone who pays in guineas rather than pounds is paying a touch more, for royal treatment.
  • Pence: Penny value, generally in multiples. Tuppence is two-pence, thruppence is three-pence, sixpence is six-pence.
  • Quid: Pound value. "Three quid."