Zap Comix (U.K.)

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

Anyone know what the 2/6 means on the covers?  (Not the logical meaning since it's the same on both #0 & 1.)

[Sir Real]

Uh, 2 schillings, 6 pence?

[Reverend]

Yes, it's the cover price.

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

Thanks... (so it's like saying 12.5 (out of 100) cents or 30 (out of 240) old pence)

"The abbreviation for shilling is s, from the Latin solidus, the name of a Roman coin. Often it was written informally or printed with a slash, e.g., 1/6d as 1 shilling and sixpence (often pronounced "one and six"), or when there were no pence with a slash then a hyphen, e.g., "11/-".

In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used before decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalization there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound."