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£1 = 20 Shillings <br>
£1 = 20 Shillings <br>
1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br>
1 Shilling = 12 Pence<br>
1 Guinea = £21 (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br>
1 Guinea = 21s (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)<br>


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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! Name                ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  || Name  ||  Cost
! Name                ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  ||  Name  ||  Cost  || Name  ||  Cost
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| Gold fob watch || £8 10/- || Stop watch || £6 15/- || Ladies Silver Wrist Watch|| £1 10/- || Spectacles || 6/6  
| 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/-  
| Microscope || £4 10/- || Telescope || £3 15/- || Pocket compass || £2 5/- || Box camera || £1 1/-  
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| Gardening scythe || 7/-  || Electric torch || 10/6 || Portable 'searchlight' || 12/6 || Traveller's medicine case || £2 9/6  
| 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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Extra 1920s Call of Cthulhu Equipment[edit]

Conversion Rates[edit]

£1=$4.43

UK Monetary Standards[edit]

£1 = 20 Shillings
1 Shilling = 12 Pence
1 Guinea = 21s (*Note: The Guinea is an amount used for high numbers, but there are no actual guinea notes or coins.)

Money values are written as Pounds Shillings/Pence; eg: 4 pounds, 0 shillings and five pennies would be rendered £4 -/5.

Common Notes or Coins
Bronze Coins
0.25d 'Farthing'
0.5d 'Half Penny' ('Haypenny')
1.0d 'Penny

Silver Coins
3.0d 'Three Penny' ('Thruppence', 'Thruppeny bit')
6.0d 'Six Pence' ('Tanner')
1.0s 'Shilling'('One bob')
2/6d 'Half Crown'
5.0s 'Crown' (Five bob)

Gold Coin
£1 'Pound'('One Quid')

Notes
10.0s
£1 'Pound'('One Quid')
£5
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.

UK Equipment available at Harrods[edit]

Name Cost Name Cost Name Cost Name Cost
Gold fob watch £8 10/- Stop watch £6 15/- ladies silver wrist watch £1 10/- Spectacles 6/6
Microscope £4 10/- Telescope £3 15/- Pocket compass £2 5/- Box camera £1 1/-
Zeiss Ikon camera £12 5/- Film developing and printing -/8 per image Radio receiver £13 Ball of string 5 1/2p
Parker fountain pen 21/- Portable typewriter £8 15/- Handbag 11/6 Trunk £9 12/-
Brandy flask 10/- Cricket bat 33/- 'Stowaway' folding boat £17 17/- Webley 12g hammerless shotgun £22
100 shotgun cartridges 15/- Webley .455" Mk VI Revolver £2 6/- 100 .455 pistol cartridges 5/- Butterfly net 5/6
Naturalist's dissection kit £1 15/- Pen knife 8/6 Skis £2 12/6 Picnic basket (4 persons) £7 19/-
Sleeping bag 80/- Camp bed w/ mosquito net 42/- Tent 10' x 8' £14 18/19 Travelling spirit stove 7/-
Gardening scythe 7/- Electric torch 10/6 Portable 'searchlight' 12/6 Traveller's medicine case £2 9/6
Bottle of Aspirin (100) 1/6 Bottle of hydrochloric acid (1 pint) 1/6 Church processional cross £76 Burke's peerage 15/-
London post office directory 55/- Wisden cricketer's almanac 5/- Dunlop British touring atlas 3/- Baedecker's guide to foriegn countries 12/-
The Daily Mail 1d The Times 2d Chauffeur's uniform £5 15/- Evening dress suit 11 Gns
White tropical suit 30/- Plain white shirt 10/6 Evening dress shirt 15/6 Men's shoes (Oxford brogues) 69/-
Pith helmet 27/6 Bowler hat 25/- Top hat 32/6 Cloth cap 10/6
Ladies' shoes 49/6 Silk stockings 8/11 Maid's uniform 12/5 Leather driving coat £15 15/-
Tin of Heinz baked beans 6d Blue Mountain coffee beans (1lb) 3/4 Robertson's jam (jar) 111/2d Roses' lime cordial (1pnt) 2/-
Tin oysters 1/1 Tin of Heinz tomato soup 6d Tin China tea (5lb) 24/8 Dundee cake (2lb) 3/6
Loaf of bread 1/- Dozen eggs 2/2 Pound of butter 2/- Pound of steak 1/5
Bristol cream sherry (cask) 144/- Cockburn's ruby port (cask) 66/- Johnnie Walker red label whisky 12/6 Pint of beer 6d
20 cigarettes 1/- 1st class rail, London - Southampton 16/5 10 day Mediterranean cruise 20gns Return flight, London - Paris £12
Gallon petrol 1/7 Bicycle £5 5/- BSA 550cc motorbike £57 10/- Bus fare (4 miles) 4d
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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