smudge Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 Master JMD and Halfpenny Jon, am sorry if I am teaching you to suck eggs, but did you know the origin of the above coins. The "common folk used to earn approx 2 pennies a day in medieval times, so they started cutting the coins in to halves and quarters to pay for goods. As a metal detectorist I quite often find these. See attatched photo. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 It's very interesting to see how they did things back then isn't it. I didn't actually know that one, well, you learn a new thing every day as they say................... Quote
Master Jmd Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 Interesting...but i think i would prefer the whole penny, not quater of it Quote
Sylvester Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 I didn't actually know that one, well, you learn a new thing every day as they say................... Really? You're kiddin right? Quote
Emperor Oli Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 Farthing is thought to be a contraction of "four-thing" i.e 1/4 of a penny. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 I didn't actually know that one, well, you learn a new thing every day as they say...................Really? You're kiddin right? I knew that quarters and halves existed, I just didn't know which denomination they were from. Quote
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