Old Sayings and Modern Counterparts

[spike59]

in Deptford and I'm not saying Deptford is better than anywhere else we had slang for money
ounce,duece,tray,rouf,jacks,cockle,score,pony,bullseye,longun,monkey,grand,

[Treetotal]

We called a pound note a "Greenback" and a Theepenny Bit a "Threpenny Dodger" a shilling was a "Bob" and sixpence was a "Tanner" ..Two shillings was a  "Florin"
Carol

[Sinann]

We called a pound note a "Greenback" and a Theepenny Bit a "Threpenny Dodger" a shilling was a "Bob" and sixpence was a "Tanner" ..Two shillings was a  "Florin"
Carol

Florin is English spelling for the Irish word for Two shillings.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_(Irish_coin)

[Treetotal]

Thanks for that Sinann...I never knew...you learn something every day 
Carol

[ThrelfallYorky]

The old yellow metal three penny coin was a "thruppenny bit" or a "thruppenny Joey" ? No idea why. "Half crown was self-evident, being half of 5 shillings (A crown). "Wrenny" for a farthing, "Bob" of course for shilling, "Quid" of course for £1, but I don't really recall many more as proper names usually used.
By the way, recently I heard on television a complete mangling of an amount originally stated in guineas (£1, + 1 shilling) that came out as some ridiculous figure.
"OOp north" we never needed names for amounts above £5!

[KGarrad]

We called a pound note a "Greenback" and a Theepenny Bit a "Threpenny Dodger" a shilling was a "Bob" and sixpence was a "Tanner" ..Two shillings was a  "Florin"
Carol

Florin is English spelling for the Irish word for Two shillings.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_(Irish_coin)

Florin originates in the city of Florence and originally referred to a gold coin there (fiorino d'oro, 1252).

The name was then used in other countries - like a Dutch florin - and became the dominant currency in Europe.

[Sinann]

Thanks for that Sinann...I never knew...you learn something every day 
Carol

Thinking about it now I could be wrong,  it might be latin or old English word.

[Sinann]

Thanks KGarrad.
It was the memory of it written on the coin that threw me for a while there.

[KGarrad]

It's what comes of living in the Netherlands for 16 years, and drinking at The Florin & Firkin!!