Urban Food Chains

the links between diet and power

Here’s a lick and a promise converter to manage pre-decimal currency while I dust off the proper things, which I did some years ago but lost track of.

Four farthings = one penny (d, short for denarius)

12 pennies = one shilling (s, short for shilling)

20 shillings = one pound (£ or l, short for librum)

Small change

Twopence (pronounced “tuppence” 2d

Threepence (pronounced “thruppence” 3d

Groat = 4d

Sixpence = 6d

Florin = 2s

Half a crown =2/6d