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| £1 = 20 Shillings <br> | | £1 = 20 Shillings <br> |
| 1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br> | | 1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br> |
− | 1 Guinea = 21s (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br> | + | 1 Guinea = £21 (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br> |
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| Money values are written as Pounds Shillings/Pence; eg: 4 pounds, 0 shillings and five pennies would be rendered £4 -/5.<br> | | Money values are written as Pounds Shillings/Pence; eg: 4 pounds, 0 shillings and five pennies would be rendered £4 -/5.<br> |
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| ''Silver Coins''<br> | | ''Silver Coins''<br> |
| 3.0d 'Three Penny' ('Thruppence', 'Thruppeny bit')<br> | | 3.0d 'Three Penny' ('Thruppence', 'Thruppeny bit')<br> |
− | 6.0d 'Six Pence' ('Tanner')<br> | + | 6.0d 'Six Pence'<br> |
− | 1.0s 'Shilling'('One bob')<br>
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− | 2/6d 'Half Crown'<br>
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− | 5.0s 'Crown' (Five bob)<br>
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− | ''Gold Coin''<br>
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− | £1 'Pound'('One Quid')<br>
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− | ''Notes''<br>
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− | 10.0s<br>
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− | £1 'Pound'('One Quid')<br>
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− | £5<br>
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− | Higher notes did exist, but even a £5 note was so rare a shop keeper will usually ask you to sign the back before accepting it.<br>
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− | ==UK Equipment available at Harrods==
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− | | Gold fob watch || £8 10/- || Stop watch || £6 15/- || ladies silver wrist watch|| £1 10/- || Spectacles || 6/6
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− | | Microscope || £4 10/- || Telescope || £3 15/- || Pocket compass || £2 5/- || Box camera || £1 1/-
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− | | Zeiss Ikon camera || £12 5/- || Film developing and printing || -/8 per image || Radio receiver || £13 || Ball of string || 5 1/2p
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− | | Parker fountain pen || 21/- || Portable typewriter || £8 15/- || Handbag || 11/6 || Trunk || £9 12/-
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− | | Brandy flask || 10/- || Cricket bat || 33/- || 'Stowaway' folding boat || £17 17/- || Webley 12g hammerless shotgun || £22
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− | | 100 shotgun cartridges || 15/- || Webley .455" Mk VI Revolver || £2 6/- || 100 .455 pistol cartridges || 5/- || Butterfly net|| 5/6
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− | | Naturalist's dissection kit || £1 15/- || Pen knife || 8/6 || Skis || £2 12/6 || Picnic basket (4 persons) || £7 19/-
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− | | Sleeping bag || 80/- || Camp bed w/ mosquito net || 42/- || Tent 10' x 8' || £14 18/19 || Travelling spirit stove || 7/-
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− | | Gardening scythe || 7/- || Electric torch || 10/6 || Portable 'searchlight' || 12/6 || Traveller's medicine case || £2 9/6
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− | | Bottle of Aspirin (100)|| 1/6 || Bottle of hydrochloric acid (1 pint) || 1/6 || Church processional cross || £76 || Burke's peerage || 15/-
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− | | London post office directory || 55/- || Wisden cricketer's almanac || 5/- || Dunlop British touring atlas || 3/- || Baedecker's guide to foriegn countries || 12/-
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− | | The Daily Mail || 1d || The Times || 2d || Chauffeur's uniform || £5 15/- || Evening dress suit || 11 Gns
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− | | White tropical suit || 30/- || Plain white shirt || 10/6 || Evening dress shirt || 15/6 || Men's shoes (Oxford brogues) || 69/-
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− | | Pith helmet || 27/6 || Bowler hat || 25/- || Top hat || 32/6 || Cloth cap || 10/6
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− | | Ladies' shoes || 49/6 || Silk stockings || 8/11 || Maid's uniform || 12/5 || Leather driving coat || £15 15/-
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− | | Tin of Heinz baked beans || 6d || Blue Mountain coffee beans (1lb) || 3/4 || Robertson's jam (jar) || 111/2d || Roses' lime cordial (1pnt) || 2/-
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− | | Tin oysters || 1/1 || Tin of Heinz tomato soup || 6d || Tin China tea (5lb) || 24/8 || Dundee cake (2lb) || 3/6
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− | | Loaf of bread || 1/- || Dozen eggs || 2/2 || Pound of butter || 2/- || Pound of steak || 1/5
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− | | Bristol cream sherry (cask)|| 144/- || Cockburn's ruby port (cask)|| 66/- || Johnnie Walker red label whisky || 12/6 || Pint of beer || 6d
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− | | 20 cigarettes || 1/- || 1st class rail, London - Southampton || 16/5 || 10 day Mediterranean cruise || 20gns || Return flight, London - Paris || £12
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− | | Gallon petrol || 1/7 || Bicycle || £5 5/- || BSA 550cc motorbike || £57 10/- || Bus fare (4 miles) || 4d
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− | | 3 bedroom, semi-detached house|| £600 ||Luxury hotel room (1 night) || 8/6 || Hotel breakfast || 2/6 || Hotel dinner || 5/6
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