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Ok English currency before we all went decimal:
12 pennies = 1 shilling (or bob in slang)
20 shillings = 1 pound.
But mostly just to keep things simple, folks would say (some still do) “20 Bob”.
Now we only got pence and pounds – but Bob still lives on, 5 bob is 25 pence (Bob = 5p). Oh a pony is £20, a ton is £100, and a grand is £1000.
Mix all of this with a strong regional accent and you get some very confused American tourists.