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Need help from an old person please. :-p
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Paul | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:22 |
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Just found out one of my ancestors was paid a 'bounty' of £2.10d What does the 'd' stand for?? |
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AnninGlos | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:24 |
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Old pence |
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Researching: |
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Kay???? | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:26 |
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£--S--D,(pence) As in old pennies, kay, |
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Suein10b | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:27 |
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Not sure Im an old person but the d in £2.10d in old fashioned money is pennies there were 12 pennies in a shilling Sue |
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Paul | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:40 |
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So it was £2.10p?? |
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Bobtanian | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:47 |
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no, Paul £2: 10 pence 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings per £1 1 New p = 2.4 old pence(d) toays term would be £2: 4p aprox.. bearing in mind todays value of a £1 that was probably a lot of money then Bob |
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Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:48 |
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No, £2.04p. Angela |
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Paul | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:03 |
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How ruddy confusing... :-p He earnt this in 1794, so I don't know what that would be nowadays. |
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Willow | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:32 |
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I use this for converting http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/results2.asp#mid In 1790, £2 0s 10d would have the same spending worth of today's £114.39 |
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Keith | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:38 |
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Paul Try this site, it only goes back to 1830 but will give you an idea www(.)measuringworth(.)com/calculators/ukcompare/ Remove ( ) Keith |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:06 |
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Paul, there are NO old persons on here!!!!!! We are all young at heart LOL Jay |
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Roger | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:11 |
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Before decimal coinage it was pounds shillings and pence so it should have read £2.0s.10d |
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fraserbooks | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:34 |
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A little erudition D was short for denarius, an old roman coin. The pound sign is actually a fancy L from Librus the old word for pound. Anne |
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Pat Kendrick | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:39 |
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Paul Those were the days you could legally have LSD in your pocket LOL Pat |
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Roxanne | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:44 |
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Im not that Blinking old am I:-)) But I do remember the old currency,so maybe I am!lol |
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Alan | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:55 |
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When i left school in 1959 my first weeks wages for a 44 hour week was £2. 14s. 6d. ( £2 .73P) new money. Alan |
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~Messy | Report | 25 Oct 2006 12:34 |
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I've tried both those 'conversion' sites but they don't seem to work for larger amounts. An ancestor of mine left £180,000 in 1915 and I'd love to know what that would be worth today ! |
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Janice | Report | 25 Oct 2006 12:52 |
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Jayvee, Do £180 then and multiply your answer by 1000! |
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~Messy | Report | 25 Oct 2006 13:14 |
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Thanks, Janice, why didn't I think of that ??!! Pity the £7m didn't find it's way down the illegitimate line !! |
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POSITIVE Pauline | Report | 25 Oct 2006 13:18 |
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Anybody remember the 10 shilling note - used to be brown. I used to get really excited on birthdays and Christmas as I always had one of those from my Grandma. Also remember half a crown - 2 of those paid for school dinners for the week! PP xx |
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