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In a sense of currency, what does "1 and 3d" and "9d" mean?

Just a question on one of my little sisters pieces of homework that I feel like I should know the answer to... Thanks in advance!!

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1. Before decimalisation in Britain our currency was denoted this way There were 12 pennies in a shilling and 1 and 3d would mean 1 shilling and 3 pennies 9d would mean 9 pennies, we also had a small silver coin that was worth 6 pannies and a small brass looking one many sided that was worth three pennies
2. Before "p" for new penny we had "d" which stood for the old penny (came from the Roman denarius, as that was the first coinage in regular use in England, or possibly to indicate that it had 1/12th (duodecimal) of the value of a shilling. I can't believe it's gone out of memory so fast! Our (British) currency was £ s d or pounds shillings and pence: 12d (pence/pennies) to 1s (a shilling) and 20s to a £1. Btw, £1 1s 0d was a guinea (21 shillings; in the legal system the £s went to the barrister, the extra shillings to the clerk e.g. 5 guineas = £5 5s, £5 to boss, 5s to clerk.) PS just realize I misread your 1 and 3d - one and threepence, meaning 1s 3d, which as you'll now realize would be 12 + 3 = 15 pennies So 1d was a 240th of a pound (£1 or 100p), 3d was 3/240, 9d was 9/240 For people like me, it's easier to remember that 1s (a shilling) was 1/20 of a £ or 100p, therefore 5p in "new" post-decimalisation money. (And a 5p coin is very similar to a shilling,10p to a 2s coin (or florin!), and 2p to an old copper penny.) Therefore 9d = 3/4 of 5p, 3d = 1/4 of 5p, and 1d = 1/12 of 5p, Your question reminds me how weird it is that so many people say "four pee" instead of four pence. We never said 4 dee for 4d, so why 4 pee for 4p? Excuse my long answer! You obviously touched a chord!! Still, it may be interesting to you since you so intelligently said you felt you should know. Cheers