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To: kiltie65

Ten years ago, I heard it called ‘tuppence’ ... but that was in England, not Scotland.


76 posted on 07/15/2016 2:08:30 PM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: NorthMountain

Scotland and England had the same coinage with the same denominations, except if you cashed a Scottish one pound note in England, they deducted sixpence in change. This was in the 50’s, Don’t know if they still do...but used to rile folks in my day. The old money started with a farthing, then a half-penny (pronounced hape-nay), a penny, tuppence was two single pennies, then a threepenny piece(pronounced thrup-nay), fourpence was 4 pennies, likewise fivepence was 5, then a sixpence piece, then a shilling piece(12 pennies), then a 2 shilling piece called a sovereign, then a half crown, which was two shillings and sixpense. Now its all metric.


88 posted on 07/15/2016 2:21:24 PM PDT by kiltie65
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