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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 1911622, member: 29458&quot;]Even today the term Guinea is still used, there is the &quot;1000 Guinea&quot; horse race, from when the original prize was 1000 Guineas (£1050).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I was a kid it was widely used when advertising goods for sale in shop windows and newspapers even though the Guinea was not in circulation and 99.9% of folks had never seen one.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m621/davey_dempsey/johnlennonrickenbacker_zpsf5d79275.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m621/davey_dempsey/gns_zps0744b588.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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