Preparedness for when

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Thanks Bob, we all need that very badly, good one!

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Complicated, isn't it?

Tell her about pre-decimal coinage.

That'll really blow her mind.

moneyistooshorttomention

Yep - I'll go for two hugs personally....

But then....GQ has probably "put in a bid" for a special solo one as well - considering that its Bob...;)

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Tell her about pre-decimal coinage.

That'll really blow her mind.

I don't remember pre-decimal coinage. I was alive, but not handling cash, just a young girl.

I do know that up until 1919, British silver currency was sterling, 92.5% silver. From 1920-1246, it was 50% silver, hence the tag pre-'47. Where I was last week, dealers were paying 14 x face value for pre-47 silver coins.

So, check out any old pre-decimal silver coins you have lying about, in case your silver is actually silver. And you might want to hold, as silver prices are climbing atm.

pineapple

GreyQueen wrote: »

I don't remember pre-decimal coinage. I was alive, but not handling cash, just a young girl.

Good grief! I remember selling Paul McCartney's autograph for 1s 6d

elona

I remember the day before decimalisation my favourite nail varnish was 3 shillings and sixpence. Two days later I looked in at the same shop and it was 35 pence. It was not till I had left the shop I worked out that 35 pence was seven old shillings and it had doubled in price. :eek:

That lesson alone helped me be cynical about money matters and learn as much as I could and probably influenced me to pay off the mortgage early, pay off credit cards in full, save for what I wanted etc.

MrsL

It is lovely to see you here.

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Hi ELONA :hello: I got a smiley to work hhheeeyyyyyy!

Crochet_Flower

Mrs LW :One more post to hit the 10,000:T:T:T

ivyleaf

Yay Lyn :j

Who else remembers that you used to be able to buy a really big bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk for the equivalent of 5p?

And a half-a-crown (12.5p) postal order from my auntie for my birthday was riches untold.

It did take me a while to get the hang of pounds, shillings and pence sums when I was at school. I simply could not get my head round the idea that, for example, 24 pennies were not two-shillings-and-fourpence.
I think it clicked when I was seven. I remember the teacher wrote "Hooray!!!" in my arithmetic book :rotfl:

thriftwizard

I remember that my 3d pocket-money bought me a whole quarter (4oz) of Tom Thumb drops, which lasted me all week! But I was one of the last brought up in Imperial; my younger brother, 4 years younger, was educated entirely in metric, and my ability to switch between pounds, kilometers, shillings, miles, furlongs and grams at will completely flummoxes him!

I do remember that pre-decimalisation, a Mars bar in our local shop cost 4d. After The Day, it was 4p. And now, it'd be 65p and half the size...