Currency

In the 1800s, Brittish money was calculated in units of pounds, shillings and pence. The physical instuments of currency was, of course, coins and bank notes (what we recognise as paper money - or plastic in the cases of certain countries like Australia who now print on plastic). Paper notes were generally currency in pounds (5 pound notes, 10 pound notes, so on and so forth) whilst the rest of the "small change" was made up with coins - not unlike modern times.

The value of the pound in those days isn't exactly known, though considering that £10,000 was considered an extremely comfortable income for a distinguished gentleman who could afford all the finer things in life, it's generally thought that £1:$50USD

Coinage

Gold	Silver	Copper/Bronze
sovereigns, half sovereigns.	crowns, halfcrowns, florins, shillings, sixpences, threepences	pence, ha'pence (half penny), farthings

Currency Chart

Value	Coin	Paper	Slang Term
1,000£ (pounds)		1,000-pound note
500£		500-pound note
200£		200-pound note
100£		100-pound note
20£		20-pound note
10£		10-pound note	tenner
5£		5-pound note	fiver
21 s (shillings)	guinea
20 s	sovereign	1-pound note	quid
10 s	half sovereign	½-pound note
5 s	crown		bull
2½ s	half crown	half a crown
2 s	florin
12 d (pence)	shilling		bob, hog
6 d	sixpence		tanner, bender
4 d	groat
3 d	threepence		thruppence
2 d	twopence		tuppence
1 d	penny		copper
½ d	half penny		ha'pence
¼ d	farthing
1/8 d	half farthing