so come one alan, how did you end up over the pond too ? we all want
to know the nitty gritty ... :-)
Simon
On 12 Apr 2008, at 02:22, Alan Ward wrote:
On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Simon McLean wrote:
wow, so you must have made it to california by sail ? well done
captain pierre :-)
Yes, Pierre's older than I thought :-)
...unless he was into horse racing..... I believe race horses are
still sold in guineas..... the extra 5% covers the auctioneers fee
IIRC.
"The guinea coin of 1663 was the first British machine-struck gold
coin. The coin was originally worth one pound, which was twenty
shillings; but rises in the price of gold caused the value of the
guinea to increase, at times as high as thirty shillings. The name,
which was an unofficial name for the coin, came from Guinea in
Africa, where much of the gold used to make the coins originated.
Although the coin is no longer current, the term guinea survives in
some circles, notably horse racing and in the sale of rams, to mean
an amount of one pound and five pence in decimalised currency
(equivalent to 21 shillings)."
Alan
Simon
On 12 Apr 2008, at 02:08, Mr. Pierre Frisch wrote:
I got married in London to a british girl and that was long enough
ago that I know what a guinea is (105 pences).
Pierre
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On Apr 11, 2008, at 18:04, Simon McLean wrote:
ok, there really is some history here.
and there's me thinking piere had just added an "h" by mistake ...
;-)
simon
On 12 Apr 2008, at 01:44, Michelle Parker wrote:
LOL
I didn't need to look it up. I saw it in a book I was reading
last week, by Charles Dickens!
m
On 12/04/2008, at 10:24 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
LOL. I wish I could claim that I needed to look that up...
On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Mr. Pierre Frisch wrote:
For us old fart we could just bring a farthing to the table.
Pierre
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On Apr 11, 2008, at 13:38, Simon McLean wrote:
ps. i'm too young to know that!
Simon
Just my 2 pence, being british n'all :-)
A true Brit would say tuppence. :-)
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