Translation for "veintiún chelines" to english

Veintiún chelines

noun

• guinea

Translation examples

guinea noun

Aparte de esas dos bolsas de mano, llevaría un bolso negro en el que podría guardar sus veinte guineas de oro (una guinea valía un poco más que una libra: veintiún chelines, en vez de veinte), una redoma con vinaigrette[18], sus cinco cartas favoritas de Angus, un monedero con dinero suelto y un pañuelo.
Apart from these two handbags, she had a black drawstring reticule in which she put twenty gold guineas (a guinea was worth slightly more than a pound, having twenty-one shillings to it rather than twenty), a phial of vinaigrette, her five favourite Argus letters, a coin purse for change, and a handkerchief.