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

在设得兰群岛的小首都勒威克， 我得到保证， 每天十便士是普通劳动的普通价格。

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，每盎司三英镑十七先令十便士半便士被认为是英国黄金的造币厂价格，或者说是造币厂为换取标准金块而提供的金币数量。