theparlor:Printed by Ben Franklin June 1, 1759 Delaware Twenty Shillings Colonial CurrencyEnglish or
theparlor:Printed by Ben Franklin June 1, 1759 Delaware Twenty Shillings Colonial Currency English or colonial money will see the symbol £ for pounds, and the abbreviation s for shillings and d for pence. All derive from the Latin: £ resembling an L for libra, a Roman unit of weight; and the d and the s for denarius and solidus, Roman coins. Sometimes a specific amount was written with those abbreviations, and sometimes a period was used to delineate each unit of currency: for example, £27 19s 6d or £27.19.06.Source: https://www.icollector.com/Printed-by-Ben-Franklin-June-1-1759-Delaware-Twenty-Shillings-Colonial-Currency_i3334584 -- source link