1 farthing (¼d)
4 farthings = 1 penny (1d)
12 pence = 1 shilling (1s)
20 shillings = 1 pound (£1 or 1l)
According to Wikipedia, prices less than a pound were broken into shilling and pence. Hence, three shilling and six pence would be termed “three and six.”
Common-ish coins in Regency and Victorian England
| Name | Material | Marking | Circulation |
| Farthing | bronze | 1/4d | |
| Halfpenny or Ha’penny | copper, bronze | 1/2d | |
| Penny | silver, copper, bronze | 1d | |
| Threepence, Thruppence, Thruppenny bit | silver | 3d | |
| Fourpence, Fourpenny bit, Groat | silver | 4d | Victorian (1836-1855 & 1888) |
| The Sixpence, Sixpenny bit, Tanner | silver | 6d | |
| Shilling, Bob | silver | 1s | |
| Florin | silver | 2s | Victorian (first issued 1849) |
| Half Crown | silver | 2s 6d | |
| Crown | silver | 5s | |
| Half Sovereign | silver | 10s | First issued 1817 |
| Half Guinea | gold | 10s 6d | Regency (eliminated in Great Recoinage of 1816) |
| Guinea | gold | 21s | Regency (eliminated in Great Recoinage of 1816) |
| Sovereign | gold | 1l | First issued 1817 |