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Elizabethan denominations | US$ equivalents
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Basic equivalents
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1 pound (£) = 20 shillings (s)
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$400.00
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1 shilling = 12 pence (pennies)
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$ 20.00
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1 penny (plural: pence) | $ 1.66 | |
Gold Coins
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Sovereign = (about) 1 £ |
$400.00 | |
Royal = (about) 10 - 14 shillings | $200.00 to
$280.00 | |
Angel = (about) 7 - 10 shillings | $140.00 to
$200.00 | |
roughly about 1/2 £ | |
Noble = about the same as an Angel | |
Silver Coins
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Crown = 5 shillings | $100.00 | |
so: 4 Crowns = 1 £ | $400.00 | |
Half Crown = 2 1/2 shillings (2 shillings sixpence) | $
50.00 | |
Sixpence = half a shilling | $ 10.00 | |
Groat = 4 pence | $ 6.60 | |
Threepenny piece = 3 pence | $ 5.00 | |
Half groat = 2 pence | $ 3.30 | |
Penny | $ 1.66 | |
Threefarthing piece = 3/4 penny | $ 1.20 | |
Halfpenny piece | $ .80 | |
Farthing = one-fourth penny | $ .40 |
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Thanks to Anne W. for researching this list.
You can see actual photos of Elizabethan Coins Here
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