thruppany bit returns

[Salford Trotter]

Well not quite as that would be stupid but the 12 sided shape returns
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[Bruce Rioja]

The Pound coin's 30 years old? Really?

[malcd1]

The Pound coin's 30 years old? Really?

You are right

How old does that make me feel?

[Gary the Enfield]

Thruppenny bits. Snigger.

I remember being an altar boy at St Josephs and being tipped at weddings and funerals (my favourite as you got to have a morning off school) with the new One Pound Note!

The one pound coins felt like manhole covers in your pocket.

[TANGODANCER]

Thruppenny bits. Snigger.

I remember being an altar boy at St Josephs and being tipped at weddings and funerals (my favourite as you got to have a morning off school) with the new One Pound Note!

The one pound coins felt like manhole covers in your pocket.

I was an altar boy then head altar boy for 7/8 years at St Josephs. It was half-a-crown tip you got at weddings and funerals (mainly funerals because you got it off the undertaker. At weddings if the best man was a miserable xxxx he just "forgot" and you got nothing. Not that we didn't serve from the goodness of our hearts or to give our mothers bragging rights of course ) Pre decimalisation all the coins were, or at least seemed, much heavier. By 1950 ( a time when myself, Dujon, and Monty were drawing breath albeit as kids,, the "shilling shortage"arrived. :

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[Montreal Wanderer]

Thruppenny bits. Snigger.

I remember being an altar boy at St Josephs and being tipped at weddings and funerals (my favourite as you got to have a morning off school) with the new One Pound Note!

The one pound coins felt like manhole covers in your pocket.

I was an altar boy then head altar boy for 7/8 years at St Josephs. It was half-a-crown tip you got at weddings and funerals (mainly funerals because you got it off the undertaker. At weddings if the best man was a miserable xxxx he just "forgot" and you got nothing. Not that we didn't serve from the goodness of our hearts or to give our mothers bragging rights of course ) Pre decimalisation all the coins were, or at least seemed, much heavier. By 1950 ( a time when myself, Dujon, and Monty were drawing breath albeit as kids,, the "shilling shortage"arrived. :

http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/histor ... e1950.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Back then pennies were like manhole covers, and farthings (with the robin) and halfpennies (with the ship) were in common usage (especially in the sweet shop for me). Sixpences were silver and went in the Christmas pudding.

[Bruce Rioja]

I remember the change to decimal coins, though I was only five or six years old at the time. Well, what I actually remember was being in A/B Asda with my mum, surrounded by utterly befuddled adults looking at these conversion cards and trying to work out how much things were costing them.

[Montreal Wanderer]

I remember the change to decimal coins, though I was only five or six years old at the time. Well, what I actually remember was being in A/B Asda with my mum, surrounded by utterly befuddled adults looking at these conversion cards and trying to work out how much things were costing them.

More probably - it was that way with petrol when we went from gallons to litres.

[danhorwich]

Oh great so it is going to look almost identical to a £2 coin surely that in itself will lead to more fraud?

[TANGODANCER]

Oh great so it is going to look almost identical to a £2 coin surely that in itself will lead to more fraud?

Er, no, it isn't Dan. Nothing like it in fact since it'll have twelve flats around its edge. The whole point of the excercise is to avoid counterfeiting.

[Prufrock]

It IS going to look like a shit euro though. Hobes will be thrilled.

[jaffka]

I don't give a shit as this won't effect me.

I don't have owt less than a tenner in my wallet.

[Prufrock]

Christ, I thought I was big-time for carrying nowt less than a 20p piece.

Also, top tip, if you have a shit load of change, instead of sticking it through the machine at the supermarket that takes a commission, just empty it into the coin bit at the self checkout. Gives you big change too. Morrison's is good coz it has a coin 'bucket' so you don't have to stick 'em in by hand.

Maybe I'm not big-time.

[jaffka]

No, you sound like an arry ramp

[Lord Kangana]

It IS going to look like a shit euro though. Hobes will be thrilled.

Theres a conspiracy theory I could climb on board with. They seem to work universally (same weight, size?). We're being prepared.

Where his and my opinions start to diverge is that I don't give a shit what coinage we use, as long as it buys me stuff.

[Dujon]

Aye, TANGO, I'm a bit younger than your good self but I remember the gas and electricity meters. "Here, son, go and put the shilling in the electricity meter will you?" If we ever had a penny meter I don't recall it.

Changing coins can be a problem for any Mint. Any new mintage must be the same dimensions and weight as the old ones; otherwise millions of vending machines and other coin operated devices will become obsolete. They must also be unique. There's no point in producing a coin with exactly the same specifications of a lesser value currency from another country. I recall some many years ago that the punters cottoned on to the fact that a certain washer was a perfect substitute for one of our coins. Oh dear!

Anyhow, our 50 cent piece is a twelve sided coin. It is our largest coin in circulation. I, with no evidence to support it, blame it for the wear and tear on my trouser pockets.

http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/50c.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Prufrock]

It IS going to look like a shit euro though. Hobes will be thrilled.

Theres a conspiracy theory I could climb on board with. They seem to work universally (same weight, size?). We're being prepared.

Where his and my opinions start to diverge is that I don't give a shit what coinage we use, as long as it buys me stuff.

Though I'm sure you'd agree the only legitimate solution would sadly be to bomb Brussels? If only they hadn't spent all that European Tax money on building nuclear bomb-sized craters to catch the nukes!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Aye, TANGO, I'm a bit younger than your good self but I remember the gas and electricity meters. "Here, son, go and put the shilling in the electricity meter will you?" If we ever had a penny meter I don't recall it.

Changing coins can be a problem for any Mint. Any new mintage must be the same dimensions and weight as the old ones; otherwise millions of vending machines and other coin operated devices will become obsolete. They must also be unique. There's no point in producing a coin with exactly the same specifications of a lesser value currency from another country. I recall some many years ago that the punters cottoned on to the fact that a certain washer was a perfect substitute for one of our coins. Oh dear!

Anyhow, our 50 cent piece is a twelve sided coin. It is our largest coin in circulation. I, with no evidence to support it, blame it for the wear and tear on my trouser pockets.

http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/50c.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For us the $5.00 is the smallest note in circulations - we have coins for $1.00 (a Loonie based on the bird on the obverse) and for $2.00 (a Twonie, although I voted for dubloon). Stores no longer give change in cents (pennies), moving the price up or down to the nearest multiple of five. The cent still exists in paycheques, revenue payments, bank statements, etc., etc. Of course many people have hundreds in a jar at home.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

So, an announcement is made that we are to have a new pound coin. (OK so far) the reason for this being to confudulate the counterfeiters (errrrm, ok). We will be launching this new coin next Wednesday in three years time in 2017 (wait just a goddam minute there your chancellorship! what in the name of blazing blue blazers good is it going to be if you're going to give the counterfeiters three feckin years to tool up . Knobs, we're run by knobs!).

[TANGODANCER]

So, an announcement is made that we are to have a new pound coin. (OK so far) the reason for this being to confudulate the counterfeiters (errrrm, ok). We will be launching this new coin next Wednesday in three years time in 2017 (wait just a goddam minute there your chancellorship! what in the name of blazing blue blazers good is it going to be if you're going to give the counterfeiters three feckin years to tool up . Knobs, we're run by knobs!).

Well, there'll be all sorts of clever doodads to foil the counterfeiters, but they'll be announced well in advance by the Sun and Daily Mail investigation teams, just like we tell all sorts of wrongdoers our plans on everything in advance. Everytime this sort of topic arises I get a mental picture, best American style, of a dozen guys, all with crew cuts, all wearing black suits, shades and earpieces rushing into somewhere waving identical guns and I'D cards and all screaming.."Secret Service" at the top of their lungs.