[Bell Historians] Cost of 1669 Bell Metal

[Peter Wilkinson]

The following link gives a site with other links, including a currency converter from the National Archives:
projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Hope this is useful.
PW

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:48:54 +0000
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Cost of 1669 Bell Metal


















 



  


    
      
      
      At 11:33 16/02/2011, DrL wrote:



>Does anyone have a feeling for the value of bell 

>metal in 1669.  I have discovered a reference to 

>£38-3-10 of good bell metal and £8-0-0 of coarse 

>bell metal having been retrieved from St Magnus 

>the Martyr after the Great Fire of London, and I 

>am trying to get a handle on how much metal that represents.



I imagine that £38 was a very great deal of money 

in 1669 - can anyone on the list do the 

calculation as to what that represents in today's money?



There was an item on Radio 4 news this morning 

which reported that theft of copper cabling in 

the UK is at an all-time high. Apparently the 

police are setting up a special task-force unit to try to tackle it.



RAL 





    
     

    
    






   		 	   		             
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