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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2172008, member: 71234&quot;]In my youth auctions at the swankier auction houses were still conducted in guineas 130 years after the coin was discontinued, and racehorses were sold in guineas far more recently. As far as I know there never was a symbol for guineas, the pound sign abbreviations of L S D derive from the Roman Librae, solidi, denarii. </p><p><br /></p><p>This usage had persisted for about 1600 years. Decimal currency in 1970 abolished it. The pound sign lingers on, the use of d for penny is now abolished, 1 decimal penny is 1p instead of 1d.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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