a quesiton about old english money

Old Jul 4th, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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PatrickLondon: "The guinea was commonly used for posh shops to make products seem posh."

While, at the same time, getting 5% more from the punters. A hundred guineas sounds like less that a hundred and five pounds.
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