Ninepence was three-quarters or 75% of a Shilling.
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That would be 1/20 - 5 goes into 100, 20 times. Before 1971, the pound is divided into twenty shilling and then a shilling is further subdivided into twelve pence. So, five pence is one shilling before 1971. Now, the pound is much simpler with 100 pence since 1971.
Before the British currency reform, there were 12 pence in a shilling, and 20 shillings in a pound, so there were 240 pence in a pound. That system was dropped in 1971, when the UK converted to "new pence" (worth 2.4 old pence), making 100 new pence per pound. The shilling was replaced with a 5 new pence coin (worth the same amount as the former shilling, 1/20th of a pound).
In decimal coinage there are 100 pence in 1 pound Sterling.Therefore the answer is £9.75 (nine pounds and seventy five pence).
It is: 99/100 or 0.99 as a decimal
70 pence/1 pound = 70 pence /100 pence = 70/100 = 7/10 or 0.770 pence/1 pound = 70 pence /100 pence = 70/100 = 7/10 or 0.770 pence/1 pound = 70 pence /100 pence = 70/100 = 7/10 or 0.770 pence/1 pound = 70 pence /100 pence = 70/100 = 7/10 or 0.7