Account name:
Password
(OpenID?)
(Forgot it?)
Remember Me
You're viewing
theoldwolf
's journal
Create a Dreamwidth Account
Learn More
Interest
Region
Site and Account
FAQ
Email
Reload page in style:
site
light
theoldwolf
(Reply)
no subject
Date:
2012-05-23 10:08 am (UTC)
From:
r-caton.livejournal.com
Mon! That's nae English but a Scots accent an' Aberdonian at that.
Sixpence in those days was a lot of money, a turrible amount.
I imagine ten shillings a week in the 1860's was a fair salary, 6d is a 20th of that. That would make the 6d be about £15 I suppose.
Lets say that tanner is worth about 30 bucks rather than a quarter.....and it would have contained silver back then, too.
From:
Anonymous
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
OpenID
Identity URL:
Log in?
Dreamwidth account
Account name
Password
Log in?
If you don't have an account you can
create one now
.
Subject
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
Formatting type
Casual HTML
Markdown
Raw HTML
Rich Text Editor
Message
Profile
theoldwolf
Recent Entries
Archive
Reading
Tags
Memories
Profile
April
2017
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Most Popular Tags
advertising
-
5 uses
australia
-
16 uses
avatar
-
4 uses
birthday
-
7 uses
birthday wishes
-
7 uses
christmas
-
5 uses
comics
-
4 uses
craigslist
-
4 uses
doc rat
-
35 uses
elder fraud
-
5 uses
faith
-
4 uses
farm
-
6 uses
food
-
7 uses
fraud
-
5 uses
friends
-
6 uses
gifts
-
4 uses
health
-
7 uses
hqiz
-
6 uses
humor
-
39 uses
islam
-
4 uses
language
-
5 uses
meme
-
18 uses
movie review
-
21 uses
movies
-
5 uses
moving
-
4 uses
music
-
5 uses
nigeria
-
19 uses
nigerian scam
-
4 uses
nigerians
-
9 uses
obituary
-
4 uses
old wolf express
-
31 uses
politics
-
24 uses
rant
-
4 uses
religion
-
9 uses
retail
-
4 uses
retail hell
-
4 uses
ripley's believe it or not
-
8 uses
road trip
-
23 uses
scams
-
74 uses
scenery
-
4 uses
science
-
4 uses
spam
-
17 uses
the farm
-
5 uses
the old wolf express
-
14 uses
trains
-
4 uses
travel
-
6 uses
travelog
-
4 uses
weight loss
-
4 uses
west virginia
-
14 uses
writer's block
-
195 uses
Style Credit
Style:
Neutral Good
for
Practicality
by
timeasmymeasure
Expand Cut Tags
No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 27th, 2025 12:44 pm
Powered by
Dreamwidth Studios
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasuretimeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2012-05-23 10:08 am (UTC)Sixpence in those days was a lot of money, a turrible amount.
I imagine ten shillings a week in the 1860's was a fair salary, 6d is a 20th of that. That would make the 6d be about £15 I suppose.
Lets say that tanner is worth about 30 bucks rather than a quarter.....and it would have contained silver back then, too.