Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/32 - Apple Transactions

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $32$

Apple Transactions

A man was asked what price per $100$ he paid for some apples, and his reply was as follows:

"If they had been $4 \oldpence$ more per $100$ I should have got $5$ less for $10 \shillings$"

Can you say what was the price per $100$?

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $32$. -- Apple Transactions
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $29$. Apple Transactions