Guineas to pounds!?

[oli_lawrence2]

What's the conversion between guineas and pounds? Or are they just the same thing with a different name?

 

[rosie fronfelen]

a guinea is/was one pound and one shilling- i believe racehorses are still bought and sold in guineas.

 

[oli_lawrence2]

so what's one pound and one shilling in todays money?

 

[Ignition]

£1.05


extra characters blah blah blah

 

[rosie fronfelen]

a pound is still a pound and a shilling is about 5p.

 

[pixie]

£1.05, I was told at Uni. I believe the 5p goes to the auctioneers?

 

[druid]

1 Guinea = £1.05

 

[rosie fronfelen]

is this a piss-take??????

 

[Ignition]

is this a piss-take??????

is what a pisstake?

 

[Mike007]

is this a piss-take??????

Hardly, Pixie had to go to university to find out.

 

[almorton]

if you want to know cos of the irish sales, they normally have digital boards up to show you the bidding in euros anyway now!

 

[Double_choc_lab]

if you want to know cos of the irish sales, they normally have digital boards up to show you the bidding in euros anyway now!

Now euros would confuse me - guineas and pounds and shillings fine.