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The Oldies Thread
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Yarrgh
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I am a child of post decimalisation currency, and the other day I was thinking about the change in coin sizes, and the old 10p and 5p pence being the old 2 bob and 1 bob coin as the old folks (of my youth) would have it.
On looking online, everyone calls the 2 shilling/bob coin a Florin. My question to the elder statesmen of the forum is did they ever call it a Florin? (Or is my family just rough and never had brass ha'penny let alone a Florin guvnor.)
On looking online, everyone calls the 2 shilling/bob coin a Florin. My question to the elder statesmen of the forum is did they ever call it a Florin? (Or is my family just rough and never had brass ha'penny let alone a Florin guvnor.)
summerisle
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I've been throwing some rubbish out and found some old coins - one was a crown from 1921, never heard of a crown before : calling @Methuselah lol
Nah, my grandad might have but in the 50s and 60s it wasn't in common use by the like of anybody like you or me. The term had more or less gone the way of the farthing, still there in theory but not actually in circu!ation
Growing up during the war, the term 'florin' was used but not often. It was on the way out and usually applied to the 2 shilling coin. Never saw a crown as a kid but assume it was 5 shillings. A half-crown coin was two shillings and sixpence. I had a number of old coins including a George lll half-crown dated 1793. Gave them to my granddaughters.
Crown / 5 shilings. Its 50% silver for a start, but 22milion were minted so its not to rare.
You might get a couple of quid on ebay
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Time to get new glasses, I've had another look and it's a half a crown. lol Time for my afternoon nap
Yes (born '59)
First attempt at Decimalisation in 1849. Labelled 2 shillings by 1940's but still sometimes called florins when I was a little wool in St Helens
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chrismpw
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Used as a 10p weren't they? I used to often get one as my spends. Worth 40 black Jacks.
Same applies. 50% silver prices vary between £1 - £40.
Condition is everything, so is unrealistic seller expectations.
Some stayed in circulation until 93, when Thatcher shrank 10p and 5p pieces. Changed the sound of small change...
Try a bit of sawdust...Delighted to say, that I have absolutely no idea what a podcast is.
chrismpw
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Try listening to radio 4 extra on a Friday pm. A programme called podcast radio hour. Its mainly a woman talking to women about podcasts they've heard, most of which are by millennial women talking about themselves. If I didn't need to find a stool to reach my radio to change channels in my workshop, most often I'd switch it off.Delighted to say, that I have absolutely no idea what a podcast is.
You've seriously missed nothing at all.
bigjonny
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I’m listening to a good one called Driving the Green Book , recommended for anyone who enjoyed the film (and knows what a podcast is).Delighted to say, that I have absolutely no idea what a podcast is.