[rollei_list] Re: OT: Old British Currency!
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:16:14 -0400
At 06:52 PM 7/16/2010, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>Marc,
>
>I believe I have most of those, except a guinea, which I believe
>never existed in currency or coinage. Only in the prices quoted for
>fine English guns or Rolls Royces.
The guinea was a gold coin minted only in the
middle 1600's, and that briefly. I doubt that
many have survived. But the guinea survived as
the currency of account for professional salaries
and finer consumer goods such as guns and shoes
and suits. It even has made it into today's
decimal currency, where a guinea is now worth GBP 1.05.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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