Old Money

Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

“old coins, apparently” [MUSG]

This is National Coin Week, according to the American Numismatic Association. What better week to consider old money in the Sherlock Holmes stories?

The terminology and math can be confusing to us today. Quid? Sovereign? Shilling? How do these relate to each other and how much buying power did they have? Greg Ruby, BSI of The Fourth Garrideb put a bug in our ear and that became a Trifle...

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles121
• So, How Much is a Quid, a Bob, and a Crown, Really?
• Old English Money
• British Currency System, Old British Money, and Slang

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• The Baker Street Journal

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0