<Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Leonard Charles Wyon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1860 </Td> </Tr> <P> The pre-decimal penny (1d) was a coin worth 1 / 240 of a pound sterling . Its symbol was d, from the Roman denarius . It was a continuation of the earlier English penny, and in Scotland it had the same monetary value as one pre-1707 Scottish shilling . The penny was originally minted in silver, but from the late 18th century it was minted in copper, and then after 1860 in bronze . </P> <P> The plural of "penny" is "pence" when referring to a quantity of money and "pennies" when referring to a number of coins . Thus 8d is eight pence, but "eight pennies" means specifically eight individual penny coins . </P>

What does the d stand for in old money