At Lerwick, the small capital of the Shetland islands, tenpence a-day, I have been assured, is a common price of common labour.

在设兰群岛小首都勒威克， 保证， 每天十便士是普通劳动普通价格。

Three pounds seventeen shillings and tenpence halfpenny an ounce, therefore, is said to be the mint price of gold in England, or the quantity of gold coin which the mint gives in return for standard gold bullion.

因此，每盎英镑十七先令十便士半便士被认为是英国黄金造币厂价格，或者说是造币厂为换取标准金块而提供金币数量。