How much money did Scrooge give the boy in the street for bringing the turkey?

English: 2 shillings 1949 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Based on the research of this earlier blog post, the 2 shillings the boy was paid would be worth about £7.60 GBP or $11.70.  Pretty good pay for 5 minutes of work.

One Shilling GBP in 1850 had the purchasing power of about £3.80 GBP today, or $5.85.(from this site)