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
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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
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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