Hi Quid is a pound bob is a shilling tanner is sixpence guinea is 1 pound 1 shilling. That's all I remember at the moment. Elaine Georgetown Ontario Looking for McKinnons in Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul and Ruth Robins" <robins0379@rogers.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Money > Jane . EVERYTHING ( NOW) IS FROM MEMORY . I MAY STAND TO BE > CORRECTED. > > Believe the " Bob " was a slang term for a Pound. In which > case 5 > bob was roughly equally to 20 Bucks .. in the " Good Old Days " . > Or am I > confusing this with ' QUID ' ??? >