[mylife]

whats tuppence?

[Steely Tom]

whats tuppence?

Two pence, I think.

[Steely Tom]

"bags of bird food for tuppence (two pence) a bag. The British pound was worth then US five dollars, there were 240 pence (pennies) to the pound. Therefore "tuppence" would have been worth around four US cents."

That is of course in the time of Mary Poppins, which is pre-first-world-war.

Back then, a loaf of bread in the US was something like nine cents.

[mewzilla]

Tommy Beresford’s wife! ;-)

[Boogieman]

Two pence.

[bert]

Tuppen is a wanna be detective on the Britbox show Pardners in Crime