And then the "Quid" - "Guinea" - "Fiver" - "Tenner" - I am sure there are more when one considers Georgian currency? BT means British Telecom of course and a bit more multiplication gives us 960 farthings to the pound and 120 pence for half-a-pound or 10/- But you could liken "4d in the pound" to "4 cents in the dollar"; which is what the original question was I think, gives us the answer ;-) Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ros Jarvis Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ As soon as I saw it I said to myself - there were 240 pennies (not pence) to the old £ - not 120. When you have to sit and learn money etc tables by rote you do not forget them. And it had to be by rote because there is no working this stuff out from basic principles. So I still know without looking up that there are 8 furlongs to a mile and 1760 yards to a mile as well as 240 pennies to a £!! Don't forget the tanner - 6d; the two bob or florin 2 shillings; the half a dollar or half a crown or 2 shillings and sixpence. Plus the thruppence or three penny bit, the farthing and the ten bob note. All of which I have secreted away if I could only remember where .... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "2twigs3" <[email protected]> To: "Richard Talbot" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ > Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. > Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. > These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so > there were 20 shillings to the £" > > Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. > Maths was a very weak subject with me,, > but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest > you > for new chancellor. > Jo. > > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To confuse us even further, horses, until at least recently, are bought and sold in guineas, despite the rest of us using decimal currency. Since a guinea is £1 10p. in decimal pounds and pence, you can see that horse owners still have to do a bit of conversion between the two. It is common that commission charged was usually the shillings (converted in decimal to 10p.) so the auctioneer would charge that amount for selling the horse. I have to say, though, that it is some time since I bought or sold a horse and it may now be different. I feel sure that Eve would know the present practice. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ And then the "Quid" - "Guinea" - "Fiver" - "Tenner" - I am sure there are more when one considers Georgian currency? BT means British Telecom of course and a bit more multiplication gives us 960 farthings to the pound and 120 pence for half-a-pound or 10/- But you could liken "4d in the pound" to "4 cents in the dollar"; which is what the original question was I think, gives us the answer ;-) Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ros Jarvis Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ As soon as I saw it I said to myself - there were 240 pennies (not pence) to the old £ - not 120. When you have to sit and learn money etc tables by rote you do not forget them. And it had to be by rote because there is no working this stuff out from basic principles. So I still know without looking up that there are 8 furlongs to a mile and 1760 yards to a mile as well as 240 pennies to a £!! Don't forget the tanner - 6d; the two bob or florin 2 shillings; the half a dollar or half a crown or 2 shillings and sixpence. Plus the thruppence or three penny bit, the farthing and the ten bob note. All of which I have secreted away if I could only remember where .... Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: "2twigs3" <[email protected]> To: "Richard Talbot" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Money Values 240 d to the old £ > Richard wrote: "Before I think 1971 our currency was very different. > Each pound was divided into pence. There were 120 pence to the pound. > These were divided into 12 each twelve pence was called a shilling, so > there were 20 shillings to the £" > > Cor Richard, you have a bt internet email address, means Britain. > Maths was a very weak subject with me,, > but 20 shillings x 12 pence equals 240 old d to the £. Will suggest > you > for new chancellor. > Jo. > > > > ================= > Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ================= > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ================= Web Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ================= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 22:59 06/12/2006, norman lee wrote: >Since a >guinea is £1 10p. There's inflation for you, a guinea used to be 21 shillings :-) John