I was working by 1977 so any money I had went on my car, girlfriend and er..... beer.
Anyone else been bored enough to do this?
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Anyone else been bored enough to do this?
Gor blimey, strike a light guv'nor. Lawks a mercy and no mistake, you must 'ave lived through the blitz.*
*Translation. I'm getting on but I'm not that bloody old. Mind you, I do have a tin box that my grandmother (who was an Eastender coincidentally) left me when she died that is full of old British coins, mainly pennies, ha'pennies and farthings, some Victorian, others Edwardian and Georgian (VI).
They're all well used so I wouldn't expect they're worth much.
I won't mention my crossed Pennies and groats then 
you must be so old you fart dust
Did they ever make a £5 coin or was that just a collectors thing?
YOU have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.....whoever you are. Now where was I?you must be so old you fart dust
If they made one of those in 1977 it would have meant just one thing - 10 pints of beer - or 10 gallons of 4 Star (possibly)
Did they ever make a £5 coin or was that just a collectors thing?
Did they ever make a £5 coin or was that just a collectors thing?
they made £1 notes, you could get all wages paid in 1's a feel rich
Even better, just pull out a wad of 10 Bob notes in a bar in town on a Friday night and one of two things could happen.
1) You'd trap off.
or
2) You'd get the crap beaten out of you in the Gents. Then after the mugger realised they were all 10 Shilling notes he'd stamp on your nuts for good measure.
Ah the '70s, they were the days. Skinheads, Mods, Suedeheads, Doc Marten's, football violence.
Where did the good old days go?
Hang on, the power's just gone off and the bins haven't been emptied for 4 weeks!
i only ever had 1 10 bob note in my life, my mum took it off me to keep it safe, last time i remember it was in her wedding album, its not there now though
I don't get that, sorry, but that looks like Chinese money which is Yen isn't it? So how can you make that into $3.50? I didn't think the Yen was convertable.
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My mum has some old coins, time to investigate...
RNB is china ;-) yen is Japan 22.28rnb is $3.50 I have 22.30 lol also if you watch here you may understand http://youtu.be/9cn7xfBpZ3M
22.28rnb is $3.50 I have 22.30 lol also if you watch here you may understand http://youtu.be/9cn7xfBpZ3M
We still have one pound notes in Jersey.
It's actually quite a pain when you go to the bar and think you have a decent note in your pocket and pull out a pound... at least most places take cards these days lol.
We also have our own coins but that don't make a cool collective pattern like the English ones.
I was quite shocked when I went to Egypt and discovered their currency was Pounds, albeit Egyptian. lol
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