What does five and sixpence mean????????????????

Answer 1

Five pounds and six pennies, or five and six pence.

Answer 2

Five And Sixpence

Answer 3

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I have been a journalist for 36 years and have never heard of "bob" referring to a pound. A pound is a quid. A bob is an old shilling (12 old pennies, equivalent to five new pence). A tanner was half a shilling - sixpence - 2.5 new pennies. I, too, was surprised to hear the American makers of that advert defend themselves thus. I still today call a 50 pence piece "10 bob" and remember, as a lad, my favourite aunty sending me a lovely, pink, 10-bob (50 pence) note with my birthday card each year. It was half a "oncer" - a one-pound note. Curious how we still have fiversdand tenners but there has never been such a thing as a "twentyer"! See also the Hugh Grant character saying to Julia Roberts "oopsy-daisies" when he lifts her over the fence and into the park in Notting Hill. It's "oopsy-daisy" (singular).

Answer 4

Five shillings and sixpence. (There are 12 pennies to a shilling, so that's 66 pence altogether)