1 pound (£) = 2 dollars ( $)
1 shilling (s.) = 10 cents (¢)
1 penny (d.) = 1.2 cents (¢)
Money was expressed as pounds, shillings and pence, usually abbreviated. For example, three pounds, eleven shillings and four pence halfpenny would be expressed as £3 11s 4½d, or £3/11/4½. The anachronistic ‘guinea’ was £1 1s (£1/1/-), but there was no note or coin of this value. Advertisers tended to use it to make something seem cheaper than it was.