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To: C19fan

Bring back the shilling, guinea, crown and penny-farthing!


3 posted on 02/02/2020 4:55:22 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Every election, more or less, is an advance auction of stolen goods. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I collect those coins, from the Victorian era. Penny-farthing is the name people gave to the first bicycles, the one with the massive front wheel and tiny rear wheel. The massive front wheel was the “penny” part and the tiny rear wheel was the “farthing”.


4 posted on 02/02/2020 5:04:51 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

And the tuppence to feed the birds.


5 posted on 02/02/2020 5:09:31 AM PST by xp38
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