Does anyone remember

[raindropsies]

[raindropsies]

£10 note (Charles Darwin)
Actual note size: 142mm x 75mm (approx.)

Old-style £20 note (Sir Edward Elgar)
Actual note size: 149mm x 80mm (approx.)


New-style £20 note (Adam Smith)
Actual note size: 149mm x 80mm (approx.)


£50 note (Sir John Houblon)
Actual note size: 156mm x 85mm (approx.)

[earthangel]

3d bits are my favourites!

[Rednosty]

Remembers them I have one in front of me! Ah blackjacks/fruitsalads 4 for a penny

[Rednosty]

well there is

1p
2p
5p
10p
20p
50p
£1.00 = 100p
£2.00

they are all coins

then there is

£5
£10
£20
£50

they are all notes

and I dont know if there still is but there use to be a £100 in scotland, there is also a £1 scotland note.

just to confuse matters slightly there are the same coins and notes in Nortern Ireland (which is part of the UK) but their money is not generally acepted in main land UK... it is up to the shop keeper if they take them or not...

also when (in England) you go to bank either Scotish or northern ireland notes they should be banked seperatly to English notes. so much for a UNITED kingdom

Used to have the 1/2 Pence as Well in BOTH old and new currancies

NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE OLD Decimal 1/2p

[Rednosty]

OMG I looked up Wikipedia for decimal and came up with this I have no idea what this has to do with it all

[earthangel]

Since it's pretty obvious where this thread is going, I'll be the first to mention Spangles, shall I? Does anyone else bemoan the loss of Cremola Foam?

[somersethedge]

of cause we have also missed 4 other coins that are legal tender, not that anyone would use them to shop with as the face value is much lower than the buying price to get them and those are

the half sovereign =50p
the full sovereign = £1.00
the half guinea = 52.5P
the full guinea =£1.05

yesterdays price for a full sov was £310

all race horses are priced in guinea's

[somersethedge]

Remembers them I have one in front of me! Ah blackjacks/fruitsalads 4 for a penny

and gobstoppers that seemed to last for days

[JudesNiceThings]

The 'Threepenny Joey' was still about when I was small - silver and smaller than a farthing.
My grandad used to give me them when I went to visit.
Also - the 15-sided 'Threepenny bit' that I remember had a thrift plant on the reverse.