Actually, Baron, the guinea hasn't entirely disappeared. The term is still
used, sometimes, for £1.05.
I don't know if it's still legal to do so, but one way of raising a bid at
an auction was to respond to a previous bid (in pounds) with the single
word, "Guineas," thus bidding 5% more. (You have to imagine the word being
said in a very upper crust voice. <g>)
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Carter, Baron
> Sent: November 28, 2000 08:40
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9409] FW: Re: Wanna go back to shillings and pence?
>
>
> And
> 20 shillings = 1 pound
> 21 shillings = 1 guinea
> 2 shillings and and 6 pence = half crown
> 5 shillings = crown
> 1 penny = 2 half pennies
> 4 farthings = 1 penny
>
> yea, real great system.
>
> Baron Carter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 November, 2000 09:03
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9408] Re: Wanna go back to shillings and pence?
>
>
> Paul Trusten wrote in an otherwise excellent posting (USMA 9392):
>
> >The duodecimal units of measurement were for a former time, while the
> >>International System of Units is for our time,
>
> In my memory Britain had
> 12 pence = 1 shilling
> 12 inches = 1 foot.
> The penny and the shilling have now gone. I don't think that 12
> inches = 1
> foot qualifies the mess of imperial units to be called duodecimal.
>
>
