How much is a groat?

The museum at Nash's House includes a small display on currency from Elizabethan England. I didn't understand it one bit (or one shilling...).

Check out these links to (try to) learn more about half-pennies, farthings, groats, and crowns:
Elizabethan Money
Life in Elizabethan England: Money and Coinage

Or, watch Mr. Barth try to explain it to me:

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