Currency Conversion
Prices are quoted in old English currency, pounds, shillings, pence.
“12s. 6d.” is read as “12 Shillings and 6 Pence.”
Pence/penny
Shilling—12 pence.
Crown—5 shillings.
Pound—20 shillings.
Guinea—21 shillings.
The approximate value of 1900 prices in 2002 is:
| 1900 Unit | Value in 2002 Currency | |
| English Pound | US Dollars | |
| Pence | .26 | .48 |
| Shilling | 3.10 | 5.80 |
| Crown | 15.50 | 29.00 |
| Pound | 62.00 | 116.00 |
[End Transcriber’s note.]
[Illustration: Large model locomotive]
Photo: Daily Mirror. Large model locomotive built for one of the royal princes of Siam by Messrs. Bassett-Lowke, Limited. It is one-quarter the size of a modern express engine; weighs two tons, with tender; is fifteen feet long; will pull seventy persons; and has a highest speed of about thirty miles an hour.