BOB IS BRITISH - AND PROUD OF IT...

The shilling, also called the 'bob' still exists in its

decimal equivalent today - namely, the 5 pence piece.

This set by COINCRAFT displays six incarnations of

the British 'bob' down through the decades.  These six

coins add up to only 30 pence in decimal money, or

72 pennies in £sd.  (Sounds better, doesn't it?)

(In the above scan, some of the coins look a little

toned, but that's not how they are 'in the flesh'.  As

you can see from their reverse sides below.)