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Position:Home>Genealogy> Can someone point me at a money converter, old to new money that is.?Question: Can someone point me at a money converter, old to new money that is!.!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: UK answer!. Have a look at these web sites I think they are excellent!. http://www!.nationalarchives!.gov!.uk/curre!.!.!. http://www!.woodlands-junior!.kent!.sch!.uk/!.!.!. hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 4 fathings = 1 penny 2 fathings = 1 ha'penny 12 pence = 1 shilling (a "bob") 24 pence = 2 shillings (2 bob or a "florin") 30 pence = two and six (half-a-crown) 60 pence = five shillings (5 bob or a "Crown") 120 pence = ten shillings (ten bob) 240 pence = 1 pound 5 pounds = "a fiver" 10 pounds = "a tenner" £1000 = "a grand" 1 new penny = 2!.5 old pence One "new" pound = a h*ll of a lot less than it used to! Coins available were farthings, ha'pennies, pennies, thrupenny bits (3 pennies), sixpences, shillings, florins, half-crowns, Crowns to mark special occasions only Notes available were: 10/- (10 shillings), 1 pound notes (a "oncer") 5 pound notes (fabulous big white ones called a "fiver)!. I never had a tenner (my housekeeping money for 3 of us in 1960 was three pounds a week)Www@QuestionHome@Com What the old sterling currency to decimal currency , Is that what you mean!.!? Any person onver about 60 should be able to convert for you!. Pounds are the same !. Is only the pence that vary!. Or is it something else entirely like Euros or something!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007 -=Calculator=- http://www!.measuringworth!.com/calculator!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com tap in to this -Take a break | Currency converter - this is what you needWww@QuestionHome@Com |