(1) As it was pirated, so the price crept up, ninepence, one shilling, one shilling and sixpence , half-a-crown, and then it came out in instalments.(2) Regarding the purchasing power of a shilling it is a remarkable fact that in 1939 a sixpence would purchase a glass of beer, a packet of Woodbines and a box of matches and leave a halfpenny change.(3) Best known as the maker of the state's first coinage, issuing shillings, sixpence , and threepence silver coins in 1783, Chalmers's marked domestic silver is exceedingly rare.(4) In very little time my order arrived in a small plastic container and I paid the shilling and sixpence that the meal cost.(5) Many of the older people in the town, including myself, have memories of the 1950s, when the New Towns Commission decided to increase rents by two shillings and sixpence per week.(6) The rent was only three shillings and sixpence a week, and a further three shillings and sixpence for a week's breakfasts.(7) In 1980, the government announced the withdrawal of the sixpence coin on June 30th.(8) In 1949, lunch cost seven shillings and sixpence - or 37 pence.(9) He was paid three shillings and sixpence a week - equivalent to just over 18 pence in today's terms.(10) And six coins were recovered including a florin, a sixpence , two pennies and two half pennies.(11) In the spirit of the time, a whip-round was carried out and I was soon clutching a fist-full of pennies and ha'pennies to make up my sixpence .(12) Alfred gets nineteen shillings and sixpence for a full week.(13) Tea Coffee and other refreshments were always ready and a good meal could be had for one shilling and sixpence .(14) Each Monday we took our thruppences and sixpences to school, where for an hour or so the teachers acted as unpaid bank tellers while they entered our weekly savings into our little bank books.(15) The meters have universal slots which allow the use of tickeys, sixpences and shillings.(16) Haig separated half-crowns, sixpences and other redundant coins out of the pile, then he began to sort the rest into £1 units.
