I think you would have to call nineteen pounds 19 shillings. £19.19s.0d. The 95 cents doesn't really fit with the period . Just my 2c worth. I also wonder why that was the figure used? had to be something to do with tax! Interesting. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Massey" <donaldmasseyuk@yahoo.com> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 09:10 AM Subject: [HRT] Wills in the 1850s > I have come across several wills where the sum of nineteen guineas (£19.95 > in new money!) was left to children and grandchildren. > > Was there some magic about this figure, or for some reason, eg a form of > Death Duty, was it wished to keep the figure below £20? > > Donald Massey > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Hertfordshire FHS: > http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm > >

I think that horses were sold in guineas in those days and it is something that is attached to that. I may be wrong. I know that some of the horse racing meets are still called ?something guineas! Eunice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Frykberg" <patfryk@clear.net.nz> To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [HRT] Wills in the 1850s > I think you would have to call nineteen pounds 19 shillings. £19.19s.0d. > The 95 cents doesn't really fit with the period . Just my 2c worth. I also > wonder why that was the figure used? had to be something to do with tax! > Interesting. > Pat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Massey" <donaldmasseyuk@yahoo.com> > To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 09:10 AM > Subject: [HRT] Wills in the 1850s > > > > I have come across several wills where the sum of nineteen guineas (£19.95 > > in new money!) was left to children and grandchildren. > > > > Was there some magic about this figure, or for some reason, eg a form of > > Death Duty, was it wished to keep the figure below £20? > > > > Donald Massey > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > > Hertfordshire FHS: > > http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm > > > > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > To POST a message to this list use the address: > > eng-hertfordshire-l@rootsweb.com > > 2) To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving > the messages individually or want them individually) or > > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. > receiving a digest of multiple messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe or unsubscribe. > >