> > Bob = shilling = 12 pence = 10 cents latterly.
> > Two bob = 2 shilling piece.
> 
> Any connection to Robert Peel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling

A slang name for a shilling was a "bob" (which was invariant in the
plural, as in "that cost me two bob"). In The Gambia, white people
are called ' tuobabs', supposedly from the price of a slave which
was 2 shillings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coinage#Slang

Missing slang -

Some of the issues of George II sixpence were designed by John
Sigismund Tanner, and the denomination was known as a "tanner"
right up to decimalisation

A bit sad it's just history for kids now

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm

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