View source for Money in Victorian London

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===Currency Conversions===
* '''£1''' = 20 shillings
* '''1 shilling''' = 12 pennies

===Banknotes===
Banknotes, as paper money is often referred, come in the following denominations: £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100

===Individual Coins===
* '''Half-Farthing:''' 1/8 penny. Copper or bronze.
* '''Farthing:''' 1/4 penny. Copper or bronze.
* '''Half-Penny:''' 1/2 penny. Copper or bronze.
* '''Penny:''' 1 penny. Copper
* '''Twopence:''' 2 pence. Copper
* '''Threepence:''' 3 pence. Silver.
* '''Groat:''' 4 pence. Silver.
* '''Six-Pence:''' 6 pence. Silver.
* '''Shilling:''' 1 shilling. Silver.
* '''Florin:''' 2 shillings. Silver.
* '''Half-Crown:''' 2 shillings & sixpence. Silver.
* '''Crown:''' 5 shillings. Silver.
* '''Half-Sovereign:''' 10 shillings. Gold.
* '''Sovereign:''' £1. Gold.
* '''Two-Pound:''' £2. Gold.
* '''Five–Pound:''' £5. Gold.

===Money Slang===
* '''Bender:''' Sixpence.
* '''Bob:''' Shilling. "Three bob."
* '''Bull:''' Crown.
* '''Copper:''' Penny.
* '''Fiver:''' Five Pound Note.
* '''Guinea:''' 21 shillings, just over a pound. Named for an old coin-type; has denotations of aristocracy, based on the idea that someone who pays in guineas rather than pounds is paying a touch more, for royal treatment.
* '''Ha'pence, ha'penny:''' Halfpenny.
* '''Hog:''' Shilling.
* '''Pence:''' Penny value, generally in multiples. Tuppence is two-pence, thruppence is three-pence, sixpence is six-pence.
* '''Quid:''' Pound value. "Three quid."
* '''Tanner:''' Sixpence.
* '''Tenner:''' Ten Pound Note.
* '''Thruppence:''' Threepence.
* '''Tuppence:''' Twopence.