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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2817099, member: 40017&quot;]The 20/- reads as 20 shillings in pre-decimal money = one pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if this one is related but several years ago I had a bag full of &quot;Covent Garden&quot; check tokens. They were used by market-gardeners (growers of vegetables and fruit for the market) who sent their produce to Covent Garden in London via independent carriers. To avoid these carriers making off with the funds all transactions were paid for in these tokens. They were struck in brass, copper and zinc in numerous denominations and always with the name of the grower or farm on them. Most were for pennies or a few shillings. Twenty shillings was big money in those days![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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