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1848 Great Britain Four Pence  1887 Great Britain Sixpence, Value Reverse.  1900 Great Britain, Florin, Victoria Old Head.  ... and a reimage of the 1887 Great Britain, Sixpence, Shield Reverse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The 1900 shilling has lovely toning. Thanks for posting these, I have a few but none anywhere near this nice.
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 United States
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Very nice coins. I really like the Florin and Sixpence.
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04/21/2007 7:05 pm
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Ireland
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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She's not my type. But beautiful coins. Thanks for showing...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AuldFartte I believe your posts are a conspiracy to drain my bank account LOL, because I always want to go out and buy some of the coins you have WOW
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I just picked up my first two..A 1901 Farthing and 1887 Shilling..They really are beautiful coins! |
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I just picked up my first two..A 1901 Farthing and 1887 Shilling..
Congratulations !!!  ... now, where are the pictures ... ?  |
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United Kingdom
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I must say I am actually quite intrigued by those fourpences as I have never seen one up close before...what a strange denomination!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day, regarding fourpences, or Groats as they were called in old times:
they were also called Joeys, after Sir Joseph CHAMBERLAIN, who was instrumental in their reintroduction in the Victorian era.
Apparently his motive was thus: the standard cab fare was four pence. So, a gentleman paying a fare had two choices: count out coppers; or hand over a 6d, and wait for change. Neither course was appropriate, so gents tended to hand over 6d and NOT wait for change. Great for cabbies, but. Sir Joseph tired of this, and when he became a politician, the fourpence was reintroduced to general circulation, much to the disappointment of the cabbies.
The maundy fourpence, which has been minted continuously for several centuries, but not generally circulated, had a different reverse.
Peter in Oz
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Valued Member
Ireland
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Welcome peter thomas.
When they did introduce the fourpence again?
And why? is the economy then strong or weak?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Josie, thankyou & G'day,
the Britannia fourpence, shown earlier in this thread, was issued from 1836 to 1855. For some reason, they remained popular in British Guiana, and a further issue with the Jubilee head was made for use there in 1888.
I erred in my earler post: the name of the politician who brought about their introduction was Joseph HUME.
As to the state of the economy in that era, I know little, but apparently these joeys did nothing for the incomes of cab drivers.
Peter in Oz
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_HumeJust for additional info,a prudent man Hume, forming a savings bank on early 1800 hundreds on time of war against US and GB on early 1800 as daniel wrote on members article.
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