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suzard Researcher	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 9/22/2006 12:21:22 AM The Gazette 18th Jan 1940 "Ah me! Who would be a shopkeeper in wartime? Added to the worries of rationingof some commodoties and of getting supplies of others, lack of the farthing,is coming perilously near to being the last straw on the camel's back. At the meeting of the Heanor \\\\\\\\\\\\tradesmen and trade Association on Tuesday night, local shopkeepers complained they could not get enough farthings. They told agonising stories of visits to banks. hoping that these plutocratic organisations would at least have a few farthings they could get their hands on. But no! Shopkeepers have been left to face the terrible problem themselves. So if you have a rough edged, more or less triangular shaped piece of copper pushed into your hand any day you will know that some desperate shopkeeper has reverted to the rough and ready usage of the Middle Ages and has started cutting pennies into quarters to use as farthings."
Azzabuv	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/27/2005 9:03:14 PM Money = Ciggies, at times too. Also, without money - no ciggies. Azzabuv.
Peter Chamberlain Researcher	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/27/2005 2:21:50 PM I suppose Ration Books must be considered in this section because without them money was of very little value except on the Blackmarket.Remember they had different sections for Foodstuffs and Clothing. Foodstuffs seemed to be called points and where cancelled with a thick indelable pencil and Clothing where called coupons and where cut from the book.You can still see the odd one forsale at Antique Fairs ect
Azzabuv	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/27/2005 12:37:38 PM You actually mean, Suzard, you got two farthings for one errand - there must have been some affluent people living in Langley Mill at that time too. I also heard of a mythical beast which used to flutter around at the time - the large white £5 note. I don't think i even ever saw one. Azzabuv.
suzard Researcher	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/27/2005 11:31:42 AM I loved the farthing (but demanded a halfpenny for errands)-I liked the bird on the back of it-it was wren, but we always said it was a robin!
RMMee Moderator	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/26/2005 12:26:46 AM I was only 12 or so when it was phased out, but didn't have a problem in the old money! I wonder how the modern schools would cope!!
Azzabuv This message was updated on 6/27/2005 9:19:04 PM by Azzabuv	Wartime Currency and Values replied on: 6/25/2005 8:03:58 PM Farthing, Halfpenny, Penny, Threepenny Bit, Sixpenny piece, Shilling piece, Two shilling piece, Halfcrown piece, 10 shilling note, £1 note, Guinea. Slang names. (H)a'pney = Halfpenny. Threpny Bit = Threepenny Bit. Tanner = Sixpenny piece. Bob = a Shilling (1/-). Hafe (a) crown = Halfcrown (2/6). 10 Bob = 10 Shillings (10/-). Quid = £1. Values. 2 Farthings = a Halfpenny. 4 Farthings = 1 Penny. 2 Halfpennies = 1 Penny. 12 Pennies = 1 Shilling. 120 Pennies = 10 Shillings. 240 Pennies = £1. 1 Guinea = £1:1 Shilling. (21 Shillings). Modern equivalent values. Six Penny piece (Tanner) = 2 and a half p. A Shilling (Bob) = 5p. Two Shilling piece (2 bob) = 10p. Halfcrown = 12 and a half p. 10 Shillings (Bob) = 50p. A quid (£1) = £1. A Guinea = £1:05p. Who'd like to work their finances out on a numerical 12 base today? Azzabuv.

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