The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.1407 Friday, 24 May 2002
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Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002 16:25:41 +0100
Subj: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
[2] From: H. David Friedberg <
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Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002 16:20:41 -0400
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[3] From: Sam Small <
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Date: Wednesday, 10 Apr 2002 21:42:41 +0100
Subj: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
[4] From: Sophie Masson <
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Date: Friday, 24 May 2002 21:16:42 +1000
Subj: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
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From: Peter Holland <
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Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002 16:25:41 +0100
Subject: 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
6/- is six shillings = 30p in current coinage.
Peter Holland
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From: H. David Friedberg <
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Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002 16:20:41 -0400
Subject: 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
>The King's Men were paid 6/- not to perform. I don't know what
>those symbols mean, so I don't know the amount. Will someone please tell me?
Six shillings and zero pence
I was taught at school that the oblique line -- / -- or as we call it
here the slash represents an ess
The integer after the slash represents pennies, or simply d for denarii
Therefore 6/3 is six shillings and threepence
These are the old pennies, which have been superseded by the New pence,
or p
I miss the old familiar names for common coins. Bob, tanners, florins.
3d, by the way is pronounced thrippence, 2d is tuppence, 1.5d is three
hapence, and 1/6 is eighteenpence
Now it follows easily haha 5/- is five bob and also 25p
I do not have the glyph for pound on the keyboard, but it looks like a
fancy ELL. It's still in use, at least until it all goes Euro
David
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From: Sam Small <
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Date: Wednesday, 10 Apr 2002 21:42:41 +0100
Subject: 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
6/- means six shillings - or in modern currency thirty pence (0.3 of one
pound) - in American, 42 cents. Don't ask me what it is in Euros - I
don't speak French.
Nice to see you back, Mike.
SAM SMALL
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From: Sophie Masson <
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Date: Friday, 24 May 2002 21:16:42 +1000
Subject: 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
Comment: Re: SHK 13.1405 Stratford: To Act or Not to Act
In response to your second question, 6/- means six shillings. A shilling
of the time is worth (I think) about $20US. Not a huge keep-away fee,
then!
Sophie Masson
Author site: http://www.northnet.com.au/~smasson
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