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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2601157, member: 71234&quot;]Sovereigns (one pound) still crop up today in local slang, as in &quot;that&#039;ll be 3 sovs, guv&quot;. Meaning 3 pounds. Victorian slang terms for the sovereign were numerous, now all obsolete. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a useful article.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blog.royalmint.com/coin-nicknames-the-british-fondness-for-change/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.royalmint.com/coin-nicknames-the-british-fondness-for-change/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.royalmint.com/coin-nicknames-the-british-fondness-for-change/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For 150 years after the guinea was withdrawn, its value of one pound one shilling was still in use in Britain in some auction rooms and as far as I know it may still be in use at bloodstock sales. (Horses).</p><p><br /></p><p>Public lavatories used to cost one penny to use a cubicle (the urinal trough was free) and the term to spend a penny is still in use today, even though public lavatories are now rare and cost way more than a penny when found.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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