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Seems strange that double florins were introduced into currency at the same time as crowns were re-introduced (no currency crowns since 1822 other than the 1844/45/47's) - any ideas why? -
WIsh they were that cheap in the US! 🤣 Quite a bit over melt when I actually see one. They weren't very well liked and had real issues but I just like big silver coins 😎 -
Not only did the Double Florin prove unpopular at the time, it still seems unpopular now. Whereas a Victoria crown in reasonable condition will make much more than melt, a similar double florin can still be picked up at scrap or even less here in the UK. Anyone looking to make a long term investment in silver would do well to keep an eye out for cheap DFs at the moment. -
Reminds me what I have read that in the old west, a beer would cost one bit or 12.5 cents but because of the lack of change in many places and the use of bits (8 sections of a cut dollar from the Spanish 8 Reals or Piece of 8 ) you could buy your first drink with a quarter (i.e. two bits), the bartender would give you a dime back, and you would buy your next drink with a dime, so all things became even.
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A lot of bar workers wouldn't. That's why they stopped using them as were frequently passed off as a crown at a financial loss to the barmaid through deductions in her wages. A sort of play on an anecdote I experienced on more than one occasion whereby an old landlady in a pub in Oldham which did a particularly nice pint of Oldham bitter, had a terrible habit of giving you £4.02 change for a pound note after you had bought 7 pints which cost 14p a pint at the time. This is 50 years ago and she is long dead, but everyone remembered her for her reputation, even in a conversation with a local I had a couple years ago! I wish I could remember the name of it, but is probably long demolished - or a fast food outlet.
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