When one speaks about "Bob" numismatically non Englanders think of a British coin, "Bob," but any Brit, Scot, Irishman or Aussie will tell you there is no such coin. Bob is slang for Shilling (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com): http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...0 1 Shilling (1902-1910)&query=Britain km 800 If you want to refer to two 1 Shilling coins, you don't say two Bobs, you say, "Two Bob": http://worldcoingallery.com/countri... 2 Shillings (1851-1887)&query=Britain km 746 Many numismatic historians believe Bob is a Cockney rhyming slang word as most slang words (currency or otherwise) are. If you were going to enter a night club in London and you are greeted at the door with the phrase "2 Bob a nob," you were just told the establishment has a cover charge of "2 Shillings a head." If you have two 1 Shilling Coins and three 2 Shilling coins you have 8 Bob. If a friend has one 1 Shilling coin plus five 2 Shilling coins he/she has 11 Bob. If your date has 10 1 Shilling coins plus 10 2 Shilling coins he/she has 30 Bob. If you are in Australia things change a bit. Australians say Bob for Australian Shilling banknotes. Here's a 10 Bob photo courtesy of banknotes.com: http://www.banknotes.com/AU25.JPG Australia slang for a Shilling coin is Deener (Dina). photo courtesy of Australian Stamp and Coin. For more than one add "s.": http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-Web/aust/shilling/shilling.htm Thought you'd like to know.... Clinker
To mpcusa: Didn't figure it out, but finding out about it and hearing from you after you read it helped make my day!! Clinker
great post i remember my grandfather when he gave me ten pence he would say theres two bob to get a ice cream. those were the days :smile
That could get confusing until you realize that when Britain switched to the decimal system the 12 pence shilling (bob) became the 5 new pence. Money slang can be quite varied. Busted a C-note, got 4 double sawbucks, three fins, a deuce, a buck, a couple Carter quarters, two bits and a handful of jitneys.
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