
Originally Posted by
Dorsetman
You know about Guineas ? I thought I was the last one left !
When I started work in the firm where I spent the last 40 years of my working life, they sent the bill out to clients, once every three months - in guineas.
The old basis in law firms was charge in guineas , the lawyers take the pounds, and the clerks take the shillings ( one shilling was one twentieth of a pound sterling - and one guinea was one and one twentieth pounds).
When I became a partner in the firm, I scrapped all that,. and sent out the bills with the work, and in pounds sterling. The old senior partners wept into their beer saying I would ruin the firm , but I found the clients actually liked it.