I was just curious if some brothers of the briar across the pond could shed some light on British currency for me. Lately I've been watching a lot of British crime shows like Poirot and Holmes (Jeremy Brett ofcourse) and I can't make heads or tale of how the money relates to one another. Always hearing a shilling, farthing, crown, pence (or pents you'll have to excuse my American mind). How do those all relate to the pound? In American money it's all a portion of a dollar. 100 cents makes a dollar and a penny is one cent, nickel five cents, dime ten cents, quarter twenty five cents. Any help would be greatly appreciated.