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can any body remember

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 18 May 2009 23:05

Ah! but carol was that the English shilling? or the scottish one? LOL

Carole

Carole Report 18 May 2009 23:04

Runs off to look in drawer for old coins........

A sixpence has the four flowers of Britain, England- rose, Ireland- clover, thistle- Scotland and leek -Wales. Each flower has a leaf inbetween it and the next one.

A shilling has a lion stood on a crown.

The two shilling has the rose on a stem in the middle, with a crown on top, and a thistle on the left and a clover on the right.

₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#

₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&# Report 18 May 2009 23:04

Didn't the sixpence have a thistle or thistles on the back?

Can't remember the rest...I'll try googling.

igor

igor Report 18 May 2009 22:57

tin pre decimal currency the farthing had a wren on the reverse, a penny brittania , threpence (designed so i could get them out of my grandads hand witha spanner) a portcullis .
what as the memory escapes me was on the back of sixpence , shilling , 2 shillings , 2/6,
!0 shilling notes were brown, pound notes green , 5 pound notes
white or did they change colour
igor