No, a guinea was one pound and one shiling, or 105% of a pound. Tuck On May 31, 2009, at 10:37 PM, stephen davie wrote: > Yes, while the last time I checked, or dealt with guineas and > poounds, the guinea was about three pounds. > It is still about the same in Canada. > Stephen > > > > On May 28, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Tuck wrote: > >> All, >> >> I knew about guineas when living in England, but really learned about >> them when I made a sculpture and a fellow wanted to buy it.He asked >> how much, and I said "forty." He said fine, got out a check book, and >> then asked "is that pounds or guineas?" Thinking quickly I replied >> guineas, and made two pounds which I wouldn't have had otherwise. >> >> But I was never quite clear where the dividing line between pound >> objects and guinea objects lay, exactly. >> >> >> Tuck >> On May 28, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Mike Clouston wrote: >> >>> Interesting page here >>> http://copywriting.typepad.co.uk/copywriting/2008/08/that-will- >>> be-25.html >>> >>> When I came out of the Royal Navy in 1966 my very first job was as a >>> driver/salesman for an electrical and white goods retailer. They >>> had a >>> habit of pricing everything in guineas e.g. a TV set priced at 49½ >>> guineas. Customers might have been fooled into thinking it cost lest >>> than 50 GBP when in fact it cost 51 pounds 19 shillings and 6 pence. >>> Those were the days :-) >>> -- >>> Kind regards >>> Mike Clouston >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>> request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Wrong Tuck.and Gotcha! A guinea was three pounds, between 1200 and 1350 grams at maturity. The female guinea pig weighed considerably less. As they are strict vegetarians, their weight was relatively easy to control and weighing them regularly was considered to be a good way to check their overall health. Guineas lived a relatively long life for a caged up wee thing. The guinea you are talking about was never popular or indeed healthy in this country, and wasn't traded much! haha...have a great day! Stephen i Canada On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Tuck wrote: > No, a guinea was one pound and one shiling, or 105% of a pound. > Tuck > > On May 31, 2009, at 10:37 PM, stephen davie wrote: > >> Yes, while the last time I checked, or dealt with guineas and >> poounds, the guinea was about three pounds. >> It is still about the same in Canada. >> Stephen >> >> >> >> On May 28, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Tuck wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> I knew about guineas when living in England, but really learned >>> about >>> them when I made a sculpture and a fellow wanted to buy it.He asked >>> how much, and I said "forty." He said fine, got out a check book, >>> and >>> then asked "is that pounds or guineas?" Thinking quickly I replied >>> guineas, and made two pounds which I wouldn't have had otherwise. >>> >>> But I was never quite clear where the dividing line between pound >>> objects and guinea objects lay, exactly. >>> >>> >>> Tuck >>> On May 28, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Mike Clouston wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting page here >>>> http://copywriting.typepad.co.uk/copywriting/2008/08/that-will- >>>> be-25.html >>>> >>>> When I came out of the Royal Navy in 1966 my very first job was >>>> as a >>>> driver/salesman for an electrical and white goods retailer. They >>>> had a >>>> habit of pricing everything in guineas e.g. a TV set priced at 49½ >>>> guineas. Customers might have been fooled into thinking it cost >>>> lest >>>> than 50 GBP when in fact it cost 51 pounds 19 shillings and 6 >>>> pence. >>>> Those were the days :-) >>>> -- >>>> Kind regards >>>> Mike Clouston >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>>> request@rootsweb.com >>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>> the body of the message >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >