On this day 1st February 1984 the "least-loved" coin, the halfpenny was dropped “after 13 years of
almost universal unpopularity” (according to the BBC)
almost universal unpopularity” (according to the BBC)
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*FOTUS: Felon Of The United States
I’ll get my coat. 😜
The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?)
And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang.
Call me old fashioned but I don't like change
Preferably I pay by check
I'm pretty sure early closing days was Weds, so no after school sweetie shopping that day.
Now the retiring of the pound note... that's a whole other level of upset
#6'Elon
Soon, we'll have a 10-pound coin, just valuable enough to buy a pint.