What does the D stand for in pounds shillings and pence in old British money..?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_th… The abbreviation for the old penny, d, was derived from the Roman denarius, and the abbreviation for the shilling, s, from the Roman solidus. The shilling was also denoted by the slash symbol, also called a solidus for this reason. The symbol “£”, for the pound itself, is derived from the first letter of the Latin word for pound, libra.
