[CR]Making sense of old British prices

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:13:54 -0500
From: "Dmitry Yaitskov" <dima@rogers.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Making sense of old British prices

Hi,

In a British catalog from 1950-ies I see prices such as "16/-" or "13/6" or "17/11". Could some kind soul explain to me what do those numbers mean? Thanks.

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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.