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How many shillings was the British guinea fixed at from 1717? Answer with the whole number only.
Answer
21
- unit
- pre-decimal British shillings per guinea (1 pound = 20 shillings); official value from 1717 to 1816
- sources
- en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (british coin)' entry, and the royal mint museum's history of the guinea, both stating the 1717 royal proclamation fixed the guinea at 21 shillings., encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (british coin)': the guinea's value fluctuated until a royal proclamation of 1717 fixed it at 21 shillings, the rate it held until replaced by the sovereign in 1816., encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)' entry; and the royal mint museum historical overview of the guinea, both stating the 1717 proclamation fixed the guinea at 21 shillings., encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)' entry; royal mint museum historical records on the guinea coin, both stating the guinea was fixed at 21 shillings by proclamation in december 1717, encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)' entry; royal mint museum history of the guinea — both state that by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717, the guinea was fixed at 21 shillings, encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)': 'in 1717 the english government fixed its value at 21 shillings.', encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)': 'in 1717 the master of the mint, isaac newton, fixed the price of the guinea at 21 shillings, a rate that was maintained until 1816.', encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)': 'in 1717 the value of the guinea was fixed at 21 shillings'; corroborated by royal mint museum historical records on the guinea coin., encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)': in 1717 the guinea's value was fixed at 21 shillings, a rate it held until great britain adopted the gold standard in 1816., encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'guinea (british coin)': 'in 1717 the master of the mint, sir isaac newton, fixed the price of gold to the guinea at the rate of 21 shillings, a rate that remained in force until 1816.', encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'guinea (coin)': 'in 1717 the coin was fixed at 21 shillings, at which rate it continued until the last issue in 1813.', hf-web-mint2.history.ox.ac.uk, newtonandthemint.history.ox.ac.uk, newtonproject.ox.ac.uk, production.royalmintmuseum.org.uk, reputable public reference sources (encyclopaedia britannica, official government/organization records, baseball-reference/mlb, and primary project documentation)., royal mint / bank of england historical record of the 1717 proclamation fixing the guinea at 21 shillings (isaac newton, master of the mint); corroborated by standard numismatic histories of british coinage, royal mint / bank of england historical records of the 1717 royal proclamation (set on the recommendation of isaac newton as master of the mint) fixing the guinea at 21 shillings; corroborated by standard numismatic and historical references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea)., royal mint / bank of england numismatic history: by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717, the gold guinea coin was fixed at a value of 21 shillings sterling, a rate that held until the guinea was replaced by the sovereign in 1816., royal mint / bank of england numismatic history: by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717, the gold guinea coin's value was fixed at 21 shillings (it had previously floated as high as 30 shillings), a rate it held until withdrawal from circulation in 1816., royal mint / encyclopaedia britannica: by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717, the gold guinea coin was fixed at a value of 21 shillings, royal mint / encyclopaedia britannica: by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717, the gold guinea coin was fixed at a value of 21 shillings sterling, a rate that held until decimalisation., royal mint historical records / encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (british coin)': the guinea's value was fixed at 21 shillings by royal proclamation of 22 december 1717., royal mint museum, the story of the guinea, https://production.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collect/coin-history-and-tradition/the-story-of-the-guinea/, royal mint proclamation of 1717 (and standard numismatic/historical references, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea) fixing the british guinea coin's value at 21 shillings, a rate that held until decimalisation., royal mint, 'guinea' history (royalmint.com, mint history pages): the guinea was fixed at 21 shillings in 1717 by sir isaac newton, master of the mint, royal mint, 'the guinea' history page (royalmint.com); wikipedia, 'guinea (coin)' (guinea fixed at 21 shillings from 1717), royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/collect/coin-history-and-tradition/the-story-of-the-guinea/); newton project catalogue record mint00334 (https://newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/record/mint00334): newton's 21 sept 1717 minute, and the 22 dec 1717 proclamation fixing the guinea at 21 shillings., royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/collect/coin-history-and-tradition/the-story-of-the-guinea/); royal mint museum, 'isaac newton, warden and master of the royal mint 1696-1727' (https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/people/isaac-newton/), royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/the-story-of-the-guinea/); also gold.org 1717dec22.pdf (proclamation of 22 dec 1717), royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/the-story-of-the-guinea/); corroborated by a web search summary citing newton's 17 sept 1717 report on the guinea valuation, which fixed it at 21 shillings., royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/the-story-of-the-guinea/); gold.org 1717 dec 22 document (https://www.gold.org/sites/default/files/documents/1717dec22.pdf), royal mint, 'the story of the guinea' (https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/the-story-of-the-guinea/); royal proclamation of george i, 22 dec 1717, as summarized at https://www.gold.org/sites/default/files/documents/1717dec22.pdf, royal mint, 'the story of the guinea': https://www.royalmint.com/collect/coin-history-and-tradition/the-story-of-the-guinea/ ; cross-checked against newton project catalogue mint00334 (https://newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/record/mint00334), royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (effected 1718), fixing the guinea at 21 shillings, as recorded in standard numismatic/historical references on british coinage (e.g. royal mint historical records and standard encyclopedic accounts of the guinea coin)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (effective 1718) fixing the gold guinea coin at 21 shillings, as recorded in standard numismatic and historical references on british coinage (e.g. royal mint historical records; encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (fixed the gold guinea coin's value at 21 shillings sterling); widely documented historical fact, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea coin, royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (fixing the guinea at 21 shillings), as recorded in standard numismatic and economic history references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)'; bank of england historical currency notes)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (george i), fixing the gold guinea coin's value at 21 shillings sterling; widely documented in standard numismatic and economic history references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea coin)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (gold.org/sites/default/files/documents/1717dec22.pdf) fixing the guinea at 21 shillings, on newton's minute of 21 september 1717; corroborated by the newton project catalogue record mint00334 (newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/record/mint00334), royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (isaac newton, master of the mint) fixing the guinea at 21 shillings; corroborated by the royal mint museum (royalmintmuseum.org.uk) history of the guinea and the encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea coin, royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (on isaac newton's recommendation as master of the mint) fixing the guinea at 21 shillings; corroborated by the royal mint museum's history of the guinea (royalmintmuseum.org.uk) and standard numismatic references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (reign of george i), fixing the guinea at 21 shillings; corroborated by the royal mint museum's historical account of british coinage, royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 (under isaac newton, master of the mint), fixing the gold guinea's value at 21 shillings; widely documented, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea coin and bank of england historical currency records., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixed the gold guinea coin's value at 21 shillings sterling; this rate held until decimalisation in 1971 (encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'guinea (coin)'), royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixing the gold guinea at 21 shillings, as recorded in standard numismatic and economic history references (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica, 'guinea (coin)'; bank of england historical records)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixing the guinea at 21 shillings, as recorded in standard numismatic and historical references (e.g. royal mint history, encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea), royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixing the guinea at 21 shillings, as recorded in standard numismatic references (e.g. royal mint historical records / encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea)., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixing the guinea at 21 shillings, as summarised at https://www.gold.org/sites/default/files/documents/1717dec22.pdf; corroborated by https://newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/record/mint00334 and https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/the-story-of-the-guinea/, royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 fixing the guinea at 21 shillings; corroborated by the royal mint museum (royalmintmuseum.org.uk) and the encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea coin., royal proclamation of 22 december 1717 under queen anne, fixing the guinea at 21 shillings (commonly cited in numismatic and economic history references, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica entry on the guinea and the royal mint museum's history of the guinea coin), the royal mint, the story of the guinea — https://production.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collect/coin-history-and-tradition/the-story-of-the-guinea/, wikipedia, "guinea (coin)", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin): "a royal proclamation in december of the same year fixed the value of the guinea at 21 shillings sterling" (1717)., wikipedia, "guinea (coin)", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin): "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings" and "a royal proclamation in december of the same year fixed the value of the guinea at 21 shillings sterling"., wikipedia, "guinea (coin)", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin): "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings.", wikipedia, "guinea (coin)": "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin)), wikipedia, "guinea (coin)": "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings" and "a royal proclamation in december of the same year fixed the value of the guinea at 21 shillings sterling". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin), wikipedia, "guinea (coin)": "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin)), wikipedia, 'guinea (coin)' (section on the 1717 royal mint valuation, guinea fixed at 21 shillings); corroborated by bank of england and royal mint historical notes on newton's 1717 proclamation, wikipedia, 'guinea (coin)' and 'isaac newton' (royal mint section): guinea valued at 21 shillings from 1717, after newton's revaluation as master of the mint, wikipedia, 'guinea (coin)': 'from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin)), wikipedia, 'guinea (coin)': the royal mint fixed the guinea at 21 shillings from 1717 (newton's rate); corroborated by standard numismatic references on the 1717 mint indenture, wikipedia, guinea (coin), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guinea_(coin): "from 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings"; "a royal proclamation in december of the same year fixed the value of the guinea at 21 shillings sterling", www.britannica.com, www.royalmint.com, www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk
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#184421from en.wikipedia.org
#112221Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'guinea (British coin)': the guinea's value fluctuated until a royal proclamation of 1717 fixed it at 21 shillings, the rate it held until replaced by the sovereign in 1816.
#172821Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'guinea (coin)': in 1717 the guinea's value was fixed at 21 shillings, a rate it held until Great Britain adopted the gold standard in 1816.
#52721Royal Mint / Bank of England historical record of the 1717 proclamation fixing the guinea at 21 shillings (Isaac Newton, Master of the Mint); corroborated by standard numismatic histories of British coinage138 more
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