£.s.d (Pounds stirling, shillings and pence) multiplication

[whitej]

for real fun add in some farthings

[macwil]

Ah! Yes! with the Wren on the back. then there was the Ha'penny, did that have the portcullis on it or was that the thru'penny bit with its many sides, can't remember how many but 12 comes to mind.

EDIT:- Quick search on web confirms
Ha'penny had Britannia or the Golden Hind, the Portcullis was indeed on the 12 sided thru'penny bit

[Gadget]

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/coins/british-coinage/old-denominations/halfpenny-and-farthing/index.html

 

(my first pocket money was a threepenny bit)

Here we are a bit further along

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/coins/british-coinage/old-denominations/threepence/index.html

[macwil]

Hi Gadget,

Your post crossed whilst I was editing mine. Thanks for the links.

I think the first pocket money I got was a tanner (6d)(2.5p) I think I was eight or nine.
Then there were the occasional florin (2s/10p) or Half a crown  (2s 6d/12.5p) for birthdays or in the Christmas stocking.

[River Tyne Lass]

I did quite well for pocket money as my Dad gave me money and one of my grown up brothers (I was the youngest child - 22 years between me and the eldest) also gave me weekly money and I was also given money from my step-Grandmother when I visited them each week.  She was my Grandad's third wife.  I always used this last source of money to buy an Enid Blyton book from Woolworths on the way home.  I was (and still am) a bookworm so this was a real treat.  Happy memories.

[jaybelnz]

As children, my two brothers and myself didn't exactly get any regular pocket money.  But if Mum or Dad sent one of us across the road to the shops for anything, they would usually say, bring home the change, but you can buy yourself an ice cream first, or keep 3d for your money box! 

Every time my grandparents came on a Saturday morning, my Grandpop would quietly slip 3 shillings into my hand, and told me to keep one, and give one to each of my brothers.  He would also whisper "dinnae tell yer mither - nor yer Nanny! They wid fair shoot me - aff ye go, pit it in yer money box - quick".

[River Tyne Lass]

What a kind Grandfather. Your post has reminded me of some of my own childhood shopping memories.

On a Saturday, I would do some shopping errands for my Mother.  The lady who ran the bread shop would ask me to go and buy her a few items from the greengrocer's shop next door.  When I came back with her shopping and change she would let me choose any cake in the shop.  I always asked for a fresh cream meringue.  Whenever, I see meringue nowadays I always remember the nice lady in the bread shop.

My Mother had a set order at this bread shop and it was my job to go and get this.  I will never forget one Saturday when I set off with a nephew (who was about my age). I spotted a bread van one afternoon and said to my nephew that we should buy the things from there to save time so we could get back to playing sooner.  We were both on the van and the man was carefully wrapping the items when I suddenly remembered that we had an order at the bread shop.  I told the man this and said that we couldn't buy any of the things he'd wrapped as we had an order somewhere else.  He was furious and chased us off his van and shouted so much.

Another, time I was sent shopping for margarine with this same nephew by my grown up married sister.  I came back with two blocks of lard. My sister made us return to the shop to change this despite our grumblings.
 

[dobfarm]

My mum gave my brother & I our pocket money on Friday (1950's), usually a bob a week each with the odd tanner for going to the shop or doing a job, dad encouraged us to save by buying us both a saving tin box which he would raid to invest the money at the bookie turf accountant usually mid week just before payday if he was skint. We soon learned to spend the dosh (pocket money) as soon as we got it as dad was good at investing the money but also good at picking horses that lost... 

Ps , I always had my bike at the weekend but it was back in the pawn shop Tuesday  by dad, mum got it out Friday (Payday).

[groom]

My grandfather always used to give us half a crown when we visited. A few years ago I made contact with a second cousin, her mother was the daughter of my grandmother’s brother, so my grandparents were her great aunt and uncle. She said that one of her childhood memories was of my grandparents visiting twice a year and my grandfather slipping her half a crown when they left!