British Terms for Money (Old and New)

Can you name these British terms for money, some for specific coins, some for a quantity. Some are official terms, some are slang.

Many of these terms derive from Cockney rhyming slang.

Some of the coins are pre-decimalisation currency.

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Hint	Description	Answer
£1	One pound	Quid / Nicker
£5	Five pounds	Fiver / Lady Godiva / Deep Sea Diver
£10	Ten pounds	Tenner / Ayrton Senna / Paul McKenna / Cockle
£20	Twenty pounds	Score
£25	Twenty five pounds	Pony
£50	Fifty pounds	Bullseye
£100	One hundred pounds	Ton
£500	Five hundred pounds	Monkey

Hint	Description	Answer
¼d	Quarter of a penny (coin)	Farthing
6d	Six old pence (coin)	Tanner
1s	One Shilling (coin)	Bob
2s	Two shillings (coin)	Florin
2s 6d	Two shillings and sixpence (coin)	Half-crown
5s	Five shillings (coin)	Crown
21s	One pound and one shilling	Guinea

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