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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nick1986, post: 1542407, member: 31743&quot;]What you have there is a Victorian old penny, three Elizabeth II, and one George VI half-crown. The pennies are still quite common (you can pick up a good one for about 50p at a flea market), but i&#039;ve not seen many half-crowns (somewhere i&#039;ve got a silver one from the reign of Edward VII)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s how the old system worked: </p><p>2 farthings = 1 half-penny</p><p>2 half-pennies = 1 penny</p><p>Half-groat = 2 pennies</p><p>Groat = 4 pennies</p><p>12 pennies = 1 shilling. Three, four, and six penny pieces were made of silver.</p><p>2 shillings = 1 florin</p><p>5 shillings = 1 crown</p><p>4 crowns or 10 florins = one sovereign (pound). This replaced the older guinea in 1816</p><p><br /></p><p>When decimalisation was introduced in 1971, old pennies were exchanged for the new. One new penny was worth 2 and a half old pennies (which is why we had a decimalised half-penny until 1984). A 5 pence piece was worth 1 shilling and a 10 pence piece was worth 1 florin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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