© 1999 Paget Gorman Society
Last updated: March 1999
MONEY
Hold either
thumb 1st finger hand, thumb
and 1st finger pointing downward & fingers
forward-inward, in line with
own side, at same time sliding ball of thumb across ball of 1st finger ; return to
original position and repeat action.
POUND
With 1st hand sign MONEY, and at same time put
2nd 1st finger hand, back
forward and 1st finger pointing
inward, with side of its 1st finger on crook of 1st elbow.
PENNY
With 1st hand sign
MONEY,
and at same time put 2nd 1st finger hand,
back forward and 1st finger
pointing inward, with side of its 1st finger on lower knuckles of
2,3 & 4th fingers of 1st hand.
PENCE
sign PENNY; then with 2nd hand sign
PLURAL.
To make the signs for the various coins, first sign the number of pence (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50) and then sign `penny' or `pence', and if necessary sign `piece' or `coin'.
If the various coins acquire `popular' names, these will be evolved on the same principle as that used or other measures, i.e. moving the 2nd 1st finger hand along the 1st arm from knuckles to elbow as the coin increases in value.