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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Texas John, post: 1152698, member: 25813&quot;]Quarter farthings, third farthings, half farthings and two-thirds farthings were imperial issues, made to correspond to local denominations abroad, but also technically legal tender in England.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with the tiny silver one and one-half pence coins made under William IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basic L s d coinage works like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Four farthings to a penny.</p><p>Twelve pence to a shilling.</p><p>Twenty shillings to a pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>A groat is four pence (three to a shilling)</p><p>A florin is two shillings (ten to a pound).</p><p>A half crown is two shillings, six pence (eight to a pound).</p><p>A crown is five shillings (four to a pound).</p><p>A sovereign is one pound.</p><p>A guinea is one pound, one shilling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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