Money

[amethyst]

I like the new pound coin thats out the 50p will be next in line

Who remembers the old green pound note

The 10 shilling note which is 50p now

Not to keen on the plastic 5 pound note

[big kid]

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i remember the old £1 note. i found this in the entity, that i bought in a charity shop.

[Richard1978]

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Anyone remember the "John McEnroe" trick you could do with 2 1990s £10 notes?

[amethyst]

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Anyone remember the "John McEnroe" trick you could do with 2 1990s £10 notes?

No enlighten us

[Richard1978]

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No enlighten us

What you did was hold the reverse side so just the top half of Charles Dickens's head was visible, then you would place this on the lower part of the Queen's head on another note.

The resulting image would look a lot like John McEnroe.

[Richard1978]

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Like this!

[zabadak]

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Ha, that's brilliant!

[Richard1978]

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Ha, that's brilliant!

Thanks, I remember my Dad showing me that, I think he got the trick off somebody at work.

Also a while later radio DJ mentioned it.

[Twocky61]

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I remember the sixpence coin (2 & half pence in todays money if we still had the halfpenny coin)

Last time I used one must have been the late seventies after we went decimal in '71. I forget when the halfpenny was taken out of circulation

[Richard1978]

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I remember the sixpence coin (2 & half pence in todays money if we still had the halfpenny coin)

Last time I used one must have been the late seventies after we went decimal in '71. I forget when the halfpenny was taken out of circulation

I heard Sixpences were kept in circulation as many tickets on public transport (mostly in London) were priced 6d & ticket machines couldn't give change.

The halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984, the same year as the last Pound notes were printed.

[amethyst]

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I remember the sixpence coin (2 & half pence in todays money if we still had the halfpenny coin)

Last time I used one must have been the late seventies after we went decimal in '71. I forget when the halfpenny was taken out of circulation

Woolworths was the 6d store at one time.

I also liked the thrupenny bit

[Richard1978]

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Woolworths was the 6d store at one time.

I also liked the thrupenny bit

At one time they were 3d & 6d.

This was based on their American "Five & Dime" slogan, which might still used to mean any kind of discount shop there, sometimes shortened to Dime Store.

[amethyst]

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A crown and half a crown

[zabadak]

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Won't find this anymore...

[Arran]

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I have some commemoration coins from the Queen's Silver Jubilee and Charles and Diana's wedding. I thought that they were just for memorabilia and you couldn't spend them but more recently I found out that you can spend them and their face value is 25p. I am not going to spend them...

I have received an old 1986 £2 coin in my change before.