What was the slang name for a Threepence?
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What was the slang name for a Threepence?
Slang terms for these are: Threepence: throopence, tray or trey. Sixpence: zac, zack or tanner. Shilling: bob or deener or dina. Two Shilling / Florin: two bob or sly” Cheers Karen.
What is a joey in old money?
(*)’Joey’ was slang for a groat rather than a threepenny bit in Victorian England. A few more archaic terms are: Thin – sixpence. Quidlet instead of quid – one pound.
What’s the cockney slang for money?
When put to the people of East London, the most popular enduring Cockney rhyming slang included ‘pie and mash’ (cash), ‘Lady Godiva’ (fiver), and ‘Nelson Eddy’s’ (readies). ‘Bread and honey’ and ‘bees and honey’ were neck and neck in the race for ‘money’, with ‘bees and honey’ or ‘bees’ for short, coming out on top.
What is a Joey coin?
Joey – a Silver Threepence Originally a Joey was the nickname given to a groat (4 pence) but when that went out of circulation in 1855 the silver 3 pence inherited the name. The name came about due the reintroduction of 4 pence coins in the 1830’s by the politician Joseph Hume, MP (1777-1855).
What is a Tanner and bob?
Other names for coins A shilling was often called a ‘bob’. “It cost me four bob.” Five shilling piece or crown was sometimes called a dollar. sixpence (silver) – often called a ‘tanner’ A penny was often called a ‘copper’ after the metal it was minted from.
What is a Ginny worth?
The guinea was used in a similar way in Australia until that country converted to decimal currency in 1966, after which it became worth A$2.10.
What is a band money?
A Band means a thousand dollars ($1,000). The plural of bands is bands.
What is a crown in money?
A crown equals five shillings. Situated between these two units is the half crown equal to two shillings and six pence. During colonial times the value of an item was often expressed in crowns. In the Seventeenth century (less so in the Eighteenth century) the British refered to a mark.
