Liverpool cafe finds menu from 1913 during refurb

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[SamAdams76]

And he almost had half-a crown deducted from it for taking Christmas Day off.

[attiladhun2]

Wonder bread makes the best pbj sandwiches though, and not bad French toast.

[SaveFerris]

Looks like everything was thrown in there

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I particularly like the Guinea. The Guinea was 21 shillings, while a pound was 20. Auctions were conducted in Guineas, with the consigner receiving the bid price in pounds, the auctioneer keeping the extra shilling. Professional fees, like doctors and lawyers were priced in Guineas. The terms comes from the Guinea pounds of the 18th century, made in British Guinea, that consisted of exceptionally fine gold.

Your crib sheet:

[oldvirginian]

It was worse than I thought!
No wonder they went decimal.

[captain_dave]

An old silver dollar has about 0.77 troy ounces of silver.

[Oatka]

I understand that. I was pointing how how some eBay sellers use Advp ounces instead of Troy when quoting silver prices. IMO, misleading naive people.