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By Geordie582
June 20, 2007 in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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Some useful facts (pity it's about the old coinage)

The Halfpenny is 1" diameter

The Sixpence is 3/4" diameter

10 pennies or 12 halfpennies or 15 farthings, placed edge to edge measures 1ft.

3 pennies or 5 halfpennies or 10 farthings weigh 1 oz.

2 halfpennies and 1 farthing weigh 1/2 oz.

1 halfpenny and 1 silver threepence weigh 1/4 oz.

George III 1797 penny weighs 1 oz. The two pence weighing 2 oz.

Pity the Euros or British decimal coinage is not as useful

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