I guess tripping on LSD
L being pound, libre
S being shilling
D being pennies, I’m guess denari because someone went to grammar school
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S for solidus (Latin again). The pound symbol £ is an L. The names are way older than grammar schools.
The way to write and "pronounce" a sum is like this: £2 3/6: "two pounds, three and six".
There are lots more "rules": 1d is a penny, 2d is tupence and 3d is thrupence, 1/2d is a ha'penny (pronounced something like "hayp-knee"). So 2 1/2d = tuppence, ha'penny.
For good measure you also have terms such as: "ha'perth" (half penny worth). So: "For want of a ha'perth of tar, the ship was lost" which is what your ISO9000 system should be all about.
Well traditionally a price might also be said as "two and six" or so. I believe written as just 2/6 as you put it. A £ was a lot so guess didn't see most of the time.