Threepenny Bits?

[sunny-dave]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/17/new-12-sided-pound-coin-to-be-unveiled-ahead-of-budget-announcement

Is it a comment on the value of the current pound ... ?

[tonyav]

Doh, that thread title had me fooled, Dave.

Yeah It's the current value imo.

[Jackdaw33]

You might not be too far wrong. In 1960 crisps were 3d a bag so for £1 I could have bought 80 bags. Today I'd be lucky to get two bags for that price.

[Ann]

Yes looks just like the "thup-ny" bit as we called them here in the Midlands!

[Mamyalynne]

I've still got a few thupenny bits - they were like gold nuggets to me as a child - loved them.

[Ann]

When Mum died last year we found many bags of old thupenny bits in her house which my Dad had collected - what on earth do we do with them, they can't be worth anything, can they?

[Mamyalynne]

No they aren't Ann, many ideas to turn them into jewellery etc on the web though if you are arty.

[tonyav]

They sell them on Ebay, Ann.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xthree+penny+bits.TRS0&;_nkw=threepenny+bits&ghostText=&_sacat=0

[Jackdaw33]

Take them to a car boot sale and flog them off at 10, 20, 50p a piece. You'll be amazed at what people will pay for nostalgia.

[tonyav]

For not very much I forgot to add.

[Jackdaw33]

I know of a shop which dealt in old coinage/currency and which not so long ago was selling ten shilling notes at £20 each.

[tonyav]

Wot, 20 quid for a 10 bob note.

[tonyav]

Tempted to sell my incomplete collection on eBay and help others to complete their sets (at a price).

You may as well if you have given up on completing the set, methyl.

[SirOracle]

Tony Yes £20 for a ten shilling note........ that's nothing compared to what you can get for a penny black stamp.

[tonyav]

Yes SirOracle I know penny Blacks are mega expensive to buy.

[Ann]

Is the new coin the size of the 50p coin or smaller?