gn.

A form of guinea — A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

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Meanings

noungn. (plural gns.)

plural gns.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of guinea (“currency unit”).

    […] school laboratory 3 gns. a term; carpenter's shop 2 gns.: entrance fees (boarders) 4 guineas, and (day pupils) 2 guineas: […]

    1890, The Educational Annual, page 126
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