New £1 coin design revealed by Mint

[Shelly]

Yeah a 3 and 4 @Mint lol

 

[t-tony]

Anyone remember what the old sixpence was called? or a shilling? Another saying from down south courtesy of my old boss was" He's off today, got the two bob bits"

Tony.

 

[Gail]

Anyone remember what the old sixpence was called? or a shilling? Another saying from down south courtesy of my old boss was" He's off today, got the two bob bits"

Tony.

Of course, a shilling was a bob and we had 10 bob notes.....hence the saying "bent as a nine bob note".

 

[Nifty Fifty]

Anyone remember what the old sixpence was called? or a shilling? Another saying from down south courtesy of my old boss was" He's off today, got the two bob bits"

Tony.

Bender – A sixpence was known as a bender because due to its silver content it could be bent in the hands. This was commonly done to create ‘love tokens’, many of which survive in collections to this day. The value of a sixpence was also enough to get thoroughly inebriated as taverns would often allow you to drink all day for tuppence. This gave rise to the expression ‘Going on a bender’.

 

[Ashbandicoot]

Best empty the coinholder and the back of the sofa before they are out of circulation!

Ash

 

[Nifty Fifty]

I always thought it was just rhyming slang

Thruppenny bit – also variously known as a Joey or a thruppence, this coin is still manufactured in very small numbers by The Royal Mint for inclusion in sets of Maundy Money.

 

[Jack Ratt]

A sixpence was a "tanner", half a crown was "two and a tanner" or half a dollar in the days when a dollar was five bob

 

[Chipper3]

Thruppenny bit – also variously known as a Joey or a thruppence, this coin is still manufactured in very small numbers by The Royal Mint for inclusion in sets of Maundy Money.

Delighted to hear we can still go for a legal Thruppeny Bit.

Might have a Jimmy Riddle while I'm there too.

 

[Jack Ratt]

An a thump round the head was known as a "Fourpenny one"

 

[Shelly]

A sixpence was also called a Bender
Because you could bend it in half
Because of the amount of silver in it

 

[hard top]

Bender – A sixpence was known as a bender because due to its silver content it could be bent in the hands. This was commonly done to create ‘love tokens’, many of which survive in collections to this day.

Please keep up @Shelly........

 

[t-tony]

A sixpence was a "tanner",

That's the one I was after Garry.

Tony.

 

[t-tony]

in the days when a dollar was five bob

Meaning 4 for a £. I wish they still were, best we've ever had since 1994 for a very short time was 2 for a £

Tony.

 

[Shelly]

Please keep up @Shelly........

Sorry trying to do 101 things at once

 

[Jack Ratt]

Meaning 4 for a £. I wish they still were, best we've ever had since 1994 for a very short time was 2 for a £

Tony.

I can vaguely remember the government devaluing the pound in late the 60's to try an kick start our economy back in the days when Great Britain made the highest priced scrap on the planet.

 

[hard top]

Sorry trying to do 101 things at once

@Shelly multitasking should not be a problem for a lady, so they say........

 

[NeRo]

Delighted to hear we can still go for a legal Thruppeny Bit.

THRUPENNY BITS IS COCKNEY SLANG FOR TITS (BREASTS). too

 

[t-tony]

Multitasking should not be a problem for a lady, so they say........

Did Shelly mean that she was cleaning room 101 Mike?

Tony.

 

[Chipper3]

THRUPENNY BITS IS COCKNEY SLANG FOR TITS (BREASTS). too

I guess like many rhyming slang phrases they cover a number of words.............I suppose it's natural to find whatever they rhyme with is likely to get used.

 

[oldcarman]

Anyone remember what the old sixpence was called? or a shilling? Another saying from down south courtesy of my old boss was" He's off today, got the two bob bits"

Tony.

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