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Supposedly at one time of value equivalent to a pound of silver. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26169070 And the Guinea, originally a gold coin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(coin) IIRC you'd still sometimes see professional fees quoted in guineas until the 1960s. It's archaic now.

To settle this, I thought I'd break out Bob Fisher's tome. The photo on p20 is captioned "the 100 pound cup". The Cup originally belonged to the RYS and https://www.rys.org.uk/yachting/americas-cup describes it as the £100 cup. I was hoping the Garrard & Co website would have something to...