[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 27
Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin
padraig_ruad at irishbard.org
Wed Jan 10 11:30:28 PST 2007
Rough equivalents:
Sovereign - 50 dollars
Angel - 25 dollars
Crown - 10 dollars
Half-a-crown - 5 dollars
Shilling - dollar
Sixpence - 50 cents
Groat - about 35 cents
Thruppence - quarter
Tuppence - dime
Penny - nickle
Hapenny - 2-1/2 cents
Farthing - penny
Even this may be too low, so think in terms of 1950's prices; a first
class stamp was 3 cents (about a ha'penny), a soda was a nickle (a penny),
a hamburger a dime (tuppence), etc.
Hope this helps.
Padraig
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Nunc est bibendum.
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Politicians prefer unarmed peasants.
j_greywolf at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> if it is not too inconvient what would be the now day
> conversion of the money i do not posess the ability at this point to
> do this wolfie
> note wolvies use a diffrent unit of measure (bones / game in
> our section /castles in the area etc.)
> Lord j_greywolf at earthlink.net
> to the kingdom and ,
> the one from who all blessings flow
>
>
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