victorian pennies

[Svejk]

When I was a kid in the early 1960's I (like many others here
I suspect)often had big old Victorian pennies which naturally
I'd spend on Lucky Bags & Jubilees and other such essentials.
Now & again you'd come across one with a young (teenage?)
Victoria & try to hang on to it but the lure of the sherbet fountain
Would prove too strong. I wonder did any of you have the will-power
to hang on to them & should I be kicking myself now, ie are they
of much value today?

[HowardKennitby]

http://www.coins-of-t....uk/values/penny.html

[mike11111]

We went through a phase in the late 50s of scrutinising every penny that came into our hands after we were told that only six were minted in 1933 and they were worth £1000 each! Needless to say we found plenty from 1932 and 1934, but never the elusive 1933!

[Svejk]

OMG,-i thought I'd scoffed a fair whack while believing
the values posted were in new pence, looked further
up page(seen they were posted in pounds)Aaaargh.
Yes Mike there were always stories about all sorts of
coins,stamps 'n' all sorts. Can't remember anyone
getting lucky.

[mike11111]

The story about 1933 pennies is true. Only six were minted, four were accounted for and, before decimalisation, it was believed that the other two were in circulation.

[starone]

Nope - spent all mine. In fact they burned a hole in my pocket until they were gone. It was usually a half-penny (ha'pny) rather than a penny. We were very poor.

[mike11111]

The value of coins was measured not in terms of their intrinsic worth but how many sweets they would buy.

[furrypusscat]

I still have some 1912, 1918 & 1919 with KN on (Kings Norton) and I think some had H on. I would have to look them out. Don't suppose they are worth anything but I always scrutinised my pennies for those markings.

[parkie]

Perhaps you should have a look at the link from HowardKennitby, puss. Looks like you could have a few quids worth depending on the condition of your coins.

[Hopkirk]

Not much bidding going on

http://www.ebay.co.uk...3&_nkw=penny&_sacat=0

[jesmond]

this question made me think about a load of 10 pences i have although they arent the very old ones (think they were the ones before the ones we have now)but would like to know if they can still be exchanged at the banks, can remember years ago someone telling me that you could exchange notes as they have printed on "i promise to pay the bearer" thanks all

[MichaelZZ]

When I was a schoolboy we used to look for Queen Victoria "Honolulu" pennies which were saie to be quite valuable.

[commoner]

Spent all mine the few I ever got on Woodbines....2 for a penny at the corner shop....had to look cool in them days and a fag hanging from you lip was the ultimate in cool....fortunately I managed to stop but not for 25 years..:-((

[mike11111]

One of the downsides of decimalisation is that kids no longer walk about with history in their pockets. They will know no other coinage than Elizabethan, no sense of walking around with Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V in your pocket.

[parkie]

Very true mike. Also some of the old coins had 'character'. The half-crown was great and I remember going spare once when I dropped a threepenny bit on the bus and couldn't find it. I was about 12 years old.
(that would now be worth 1 1/4 pence).

[MichaelZZ]

In case you were wondering, on a normal Queen Victoria penny Britannia was resting her trident on her knee.
It was slightly different on the Honolulu penny.

[mike11111]

A threepenny bit was my weekly pocket money till I was eleven. In terms of what it would buy I would estimate its current value to be somewhere between 75p - £1.

[mike11111]

've got sixpence
Jolly. jolly sixpence
I've got sixpence to last me all my life
I've got twopence to spend
And twopence to lend
And twopence to send home to my wife-poor wife.

CHORUS: No cares have I to grieve me
No pretty little girls to deceive me
I'm happy as a lark believe me
As we go rolling, rolling home
Rolling home (rolling home)
Rolling home (rolling home)
By the light of the silvery moo-oo-on
Happy is the day when we line up for our pay
As we go rolling, rolling home.

I've got fourpence
Jolly, jolly fourpence
I've got fourpence to last me all my life
I've got twopence to spend
And twopence to lend
And no pence to send home to my wife-poor wife.

I've got twopence
Jolly, jolly twopence
I've got twopence to last me all my life
I've got twopence to spend
And no pence to lend
And no pence to send home to my wife-poor wife.

I've got no pence
Jolly. jolly no pence
I've got no pence to last me all my life
I've got no pence to spend
And no pence to lend
And no pence to send home to my wife-poor wife.

[jno]

depends. You could probably have spent them on a first edition Superman comic, which might have been worth a fiver by then and would now be worth far more than the coins. But without the sherbert you'd have died of starvation, so what good would it be to you?

[commoner]

I once swallowed a penny in the saturday matinee picture queue....acting the goat as usual...had to give my name and address then they let me in...found it later in the obvious place and had to go back to the Kino and pay up....funny old days...incidentally I got the penny by taking two jam jars to the Co-op..halfpenny deposit on each ;))

[mike11111]

Aah, those paper tubes of sherbet sucked up through a liquorice straw! Heaven!