Old Adverts.

[ClOwY]

Marcel no pic
Gary

[matchboxmarcel]

to keep in line with the festive season.....



marcel

[ClOwY]

Very nice ,never seen before
Gary

[ClOwY]

Thanks to a fellow member who bid for me this came today.


This also came from a different souce


Gary

[paelzermaen]

What means £2.2.0 ?
2Pounds?
2Pounds 20pence?
22 Punds?
220 Pounds?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Two pounds and two shillings in old money before the UK went decimal.

[Idris]

What means £2.2.0 ?
2Pounds?
2Pounds 20pence?
22 Punds?
220 Pounds?

It means two pounds, two shillings, zero pence, more correctly referred to as two guineas.
In the UK's old monetary system there were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pennies in a shilling. (We went decimal on 15/2/71.)
A guinea was 21 shillings, i.e. 1 pound 1 shilling (more details here). It is still sometimes used in auctions, the decimal equivalent to 21s being £1,05.

[YYS4BOB]

Notice the Connoisseurs set was marketed at 75 guineas.

See bottom of right hand panel.

[Idris]

There is something reassuring about a price quoted in guineas. It somehow instils an air of confidence.

[Bod]

May be of interest, a Lesney message form with a hand written note about Matchbox Cyclone Cycles dated 17-1-74