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Boddles, Bawbees?

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Are these the old Scots coins they called the bawbees? boddles?

Boddles,-Bawbees?

Boddles,-Bawbees?

Boddles,-Bawbees?

Boddles,-Bawbees?

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 Posted 04/01/2008  05:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes indeed. I don't know how to pronounce it, but I believe it's more frequently spelled "bodle". A bodle was a Scottish twopence, equal to one-sixth of an English penny. A bawbee was a Scottish sixpence, equal to an English halfpenny. So, three bodles to a bawbee.

These are both bodles, or 2 pence. KM# 100 or similar; they're a bit too corroded to narrow down to a particular variety, other than "Charles II". In better condition (VG), they're listed at US$20.
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I knew that there was a system where 1 unit of English money was worth 12 units of Scots so that a Scots Shilling was worth just a British Penny - sort of unequal really...
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