approx Rs.16.88
It was sold for 5 shillings (British Money)
Now it is 25p...... At the time when we in UK still had shillings & pence it was a considerable amount of money. If you got 5 shillings pocket money you were very well off indeed. Just think 25 P wont even get you a mars bar now...
The answer is 5 shillings.
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you would be able to buy a goose(7 shillings), pudding(5 shillings), and oranges, sage, and onions(3 shillings)
One old shilling is the equivalent of a modern 5 pence (each being 1/20 of a pound). Shillings were still legal tender as 5 pence until the early 1990s. 12 times 5 is 60 pence.
Magwitch was given 5 shillings.
Five Shillings GBP in 1803 had the purchasing power of about £16.80 GBP today.
It was priced by Dickens at 5 shillings (UK money pre-decimalisation) which he believed most people could afford.
To determine the value of 5 shillings from 1837 in today's money, we can use historical inflation rates and currency conversion. In modern terms, 5 shillings would be approximately equivalent to £25 to £30, depending on the specific method of calculation and the context of the comparison. However, exact values can vary based on the specific economic indicators used.
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