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| Thread ID: 39118 | 2003-10-28 04:53:00 | Size does matter ... | Graham L (2) | Press F1 |
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| 187189 | 2003-10-29 10:18:00 | You are also showing your age Susan B :D | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 187190 | 2003-10-29 10:26:00 | :( :O | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 187191 | 2003-10-29 10:29:00 | And the one cent was worth a dime in Vegas. A good exchange rate. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 187192 | 2003-10-29 10:31:00 | Those kids thinking money grows on trees again Susan B. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 187193 | 2003-10-30 02:52:00 | > You are also showing your age Susan B Now how would I be doing that? :D I am a decimal girl myself, Mike - all the pennies, sixpences and, um, what other coins were there? oh, shillings, that I am familiar with are those in my coin collection, inherited from my father and various kindly old folk when I was a child. :-) > Those kids thinking money grows on trees again Susan B. Actually they think money automatically comes out of a machine in a wall whenever a piece of rectangular plastic is inserted in it. They are learning, though. ;-) :D > Ahem, the machines I meant were the ones you buy things from. > The weights were arranged also, not only so that slot machines would work, but primarily so that all silver and all copper coins could be weighed by banks, cashiers etc, rather than being counted individually. Ah yes, I knew there was something I was forgetting. :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 187194 | 2003-10-30 02:59:00 | I'm surprised. No-one has asked the value of a farthing or a groat. :D Clues: one is 16 times the value of the other. The first (silver) pennies had a cross on the back, as a guide for cutting them into "four things", each of the pieces being legal tender. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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