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I've just seen a picture of the new one pound coin, and guess what? It's a threepenny bit.......
It's probably worth about the same now, too.....
It's probably worth about the same now, too.....
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Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
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What memories that thre'p'ny bit brings back. When I was very young I would spend hours polishing them with the Brasso!Granny on the Game in Sheffield -
Will you two pack it in..........you're showing my age...........
sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Polishing your Thruppnies with Brasso must have needed a lot of determination. *wink(Sent from my pc cos I don't have an i-phone.Comment
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I thought thrupenny bits were silver
I had one stuck in my shoe when I got married - no idea why but the pain of walking on it could account for the grimaces in the photos
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hmm
Grimaces from Mr VC ?
*cough*Last edited by Baldy; 23-02-2017, 07:57 PM.sigpic
1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.Comment
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You sure it wasn't a sixpence VC, that's the tradition.Nannys make memoriesComment
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Maybe it was cheaper to use 3d than 6d..........
sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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In Great Britain, the well-known tradition of the bride wearing ‘something old, something new,’ originally stems from the rhyme, ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe.’ A silver sixpence in the bride’s shoe is a traditional good luck wedding gesture and customarily, it is the father of the bride who places the sixpence as a symbol of him wishing her prosperity, love and happiness in her marriage.
http://www.royalmint.com/discover/ce...ing-traditionsLast edited by Bigmallly; 23-02-2017, 08:40 PM.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Maybe there thinking that nobody faked one of them old persons coin a few of you have been talking about .and with most of the old pound coins are fake rhey might think they can take back controll of the now nanny state we all live in . Night everyone ive said enough.When you have a hammer in your hand everything around you starts looking like a nail.Comment
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You are correct, NS - it was a 1945 silver sixpence. I have it here now and some 42 year old rosebuds! Its time for some memento declutteringOriginally posted by Nannysally99 View Post
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