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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 776861, member: 39&quot;]Yep, the guinea basically became history in 1816. But 100 years later the term was still used - primarily by snobs maybe <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but it was not all that uncommon. And maybe even popular in Arabic countries; according to that Wikipedia article the Arabic word for the Egyptian Pound (Gineih) is derived from the Guinea too. So no, you cannot get a guinea made at the time of Lawrence of Arabia, but there are plenty to choose from ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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