Handwriting questions

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"Good on 02/02/90"?
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How about "Cont. of 2½ %", as in contribution of 2½ percent.
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LGTrotter wrote: 21:33 Fri 08 Sep 2017"Good on 02/02/90"?
Which would be a strange thing to write. Would Corney & Barrow, expert wine merchants that they are, really have known that these Ports would all take 1,173 months (less four days) to mature?
flash_uk wrote: 14:21 Sat 09 Sep 2017How about "Cont. of 2½ %", as in contribution of 2½ percent.
Not convinced. Some merchants offered a discount for cash rather than credit. Except that it just doesn’t look like ‘Cash’.
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Could it be "C on d or 2½ %"?

Being cash on delivery or 2½ % interest for credit
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“C on D 2½%”, being a discount for cash, would be consistent with then standard practice.
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jdaw1 wrote: 17:59 Sat 09 Sep 2017 “C on D 2½%”, being a discount for cash, would be consistent with then standard practice.
The "or" in front of 2½% is the clearest part of the note, so your suggestion doesn't make sense.

Perhaps "Cash for 2½%"?

Also, do the pencil notes before the price of each bottle say "paid"? If so the red tick that follows the 2½% would suggest the cash option was taken.
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I’m saying “There might have been a 2½% discount.”
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jdaw1 wrote: 21:07 Sat 09 Sep 2017 I’m saying “There might have been a 2½% discount.”
or a 2½% premium (perhaps for non-cash/credit).
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PhilW wrote: 08:46 Sun 10 Sep 2017
jdaw1 wrote: 21:07 Sat 09 Sep 2017I’m saying “There might have been a 2½% discount.”
or a 2½% premium (perhaps for non-cash/credit).
Discount for cash were quite normal; premium for non-cash not seen otherwise. So, protected by the “might”, as I have it.
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