Show us your Thrupenny Bits! - SV650.org

Jayneflakes · 31-12-11, 01:09 PM

While clearing out a dusty drawer of the wife's junk, we found forty pence in old size ten pence coins and a two shilling coin! Two of the ten pence coins were made in the year I was born too, is it really so long ago that we used coins of that size? I just stuck them in our display cupboard with some of our other collectables, but I do wonder what I am supposed to do with them really?

Spring cleaning, don't you just hate it?

Dave20046 · 31-12-11, 01:15 PM

Personally, I'm surprised you didn't find a tuppence whilst cleaning out the wife's dusty drawers.

Are they worth anything?

Stingo · 31-12-11, 03:12 PM

Spring clean? Blimey...its still winter here...

PS: I thought Dave's post was very funny. Does that make me a bad person?

dizzyblonde · 31-12-11, 03:41 PM

No Stingo, I just got tea up my nose when I read that

Jaynes 'thrupenny bit' title was quite titilating to my imagination!

31-12-11, 04:21 PM

Only if you show us your ha'penny

I have loads of old coins from all over Europe and the Middle East along with some notes and don't know if they are worth anything. Current used by the grandkids when playing shops.

Jayneflakes · 31-12-11, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Personally, I'm surprised you didn't find a tuppence whilst cleaning out the wife's dusty drawers.

Are they worth anything?

I admit that this one got me laughing, although I had to explain to the wife what a tuppence was!

31-12-11, 04:57 PM

Never mind the draws

check the bra's, a lot of women peeps keep money in their bra's, and you can take that to the bank. I carry an old penny in my wallet made in the year i was born

andrewsmith · 31-12-11, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Personally, I'm surprised you didn't find a tuppence whilst cleaning out the wife's dusty drawers.

Are they worth anything?

Good one Dave

I'd love to know what happened to the pile of old coinage I found clearing out a house.

garynortheast · 31-12-11, 11:28 PM

I have a tin full of farthings, ha'pennies, pennies, thrupenny bits, tanners, one and two bob coins, and a couple of half-crowns. I don't think they're worth a lot but when I look at them they take me straight back to my childhood.
What a lot of words we've lost from the language when we moved away from imperial coinage.

tigersaw · 01-01-12, 08:49 AM

I went to Yugoslavia in the late 80's when their currency was all fecked up, and you got a wad of notes back for every purchase, each with about 6 zero's on them.
Brought so many back since there was no return exchange, I keep finding them in drawers regularily.

31-12-11, 01:15 PM	#2
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! Personally, I'm surprised you didn't find a tuppence whilst cleaning out the wife's dusty drawers. Are they worth anything? __________________

31-12-11, 03:12 PM	#3
Stingo Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Plymouth, Devon - mostly. Posts: 527	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! Spring clean? Blimey...its still winter here... PS: I thought Dave's post was very funny. Does that make me a bad person? __________________ Twitter: @poseidon_ashore

31-12-11, 03:41 PM	#4
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! No Stingo, I just got tea up my nose when I read that Jaynes 'thrupenny bit' title was quite titilating to my imagination! __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

31-12-11, 04:21 PM	#5
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! Only if you show us your ha'penny I have loads of old coins from all over Europe and the Middle East along with some notes and don't know if they are worth anything. Current used by the grandkids when playing shops.

31-12-11, 04:57 PM	#7
Bluefish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! Never mind the draws check the bra's, a lot of women peeps keep money in their bra's, and you can take that to the bank. I carry an old penny in my wallet made in the year i was born

31-12-11, 11:28 PM	#9
garynortheast Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 2,691	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! I have a tin full of farthings, ha'pennies, pennies, thrupenny bits, tanners, one and two bob coins, and a couple of half-crowns. I don't think they're worth a lot but when I look at them they take me straight back to my childhood. What a lot of words we've lost from the language when we moved away from imperial coinage.

01-01-12, 08:49 AM	#10
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Show us your Thrupenny Bits! I went to Yugoslavia in the late 80's when their currency was all fecked up, and you got a wad of notes back for every purchase, each with about 6 zero's on them. Brought so many back since there was no return exchange, I keep finding them in drawers regularily.

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