By Tiffany McCorley ,Alice Conlon, Jaymee Johnson, Delia Powell Old time money By Tiffany McCorley ,Alice Conlon, Jaymee Johnson, Delia Powell

symbols The symbols s is for shilling and d is for pence derive from Latin solidus and denarius used in the used in the middle ages the .£. sign develop from the .l. for Libra can you work out how much (£4-8-4d/£4/8/4d) was one pound a £1 coin was called a sovereign and was made of gold A paper pound often was called a quid

More than a pound 1 guinea = £1 – 1s-0d (£ 1/1/=one pound and one shilling =21 shillings (which is £1.05 in today's money ) 1 guinea could be written as ,1g,or ,1gn

What is a guinea A guinea was considered a more gentlemanly amount than £1. you paid tradesman, such as a carpenter , in pounds but gentlemen ,such as an artist ,in guineas a third of a guinea equalled exactly seven shillings

Why guinea Because the guinea coast was fabled for its gold and its name became attached to other things like guinea fowl and new guinea

HOW MU government enquiries in 1907 by the board of trade and the board agriculture in 1912 produce average wage figures of between 17 and 20 shillings per week over the country brandy was 6 shillings and 6 pence per bottle village characters were in audience one unforgotten lady use to cycle from her home 4 miles every Thursday to purchases some goods and order other deliveies. Every week with out exertion she had pear drops for her husband will come the week when a new jar had been opened and to her horror a price increase from 4 d to 6 d per quarter