Extra 1920s Call of Cthulhu Equipment

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Extra 1920s Call of Cthulhu Equipment

Conversion Rates

£1=$4.43

UK Monetary Standards

£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

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/-	Jonny 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