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Felix, E; Parkinson, J
Notes and queries, 09/2021, Letnik: 68, Številka: 3Journal Article
Parkinson focuses on the origins of monetary symbols £, S, and D. Several sources claim that the £: s: d monetary system used in UK until 1971 was, at least in part, of ancient Roman origin. According to the website Historic UK, prior to 1971, there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. There were guineas, half crowns, threepenny bits, sixpences and florins. This old system of currency, known as pounds, shillings and pence or lsd, dated back to Roman times when a pound of silver was divided into 240 pence, or denarius, which is where the 'd' in 'lsd' comes from, (lsd: librum, solidus, denarius).
