Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: floo on March 13, 2018, 06:53:16 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43388662
I see the treasury is going to review the status of one and two pence coins. They are also considering £50 notes, which aren't very popular either.
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Hello LR! Haven't seen you today.
When I saw the thread title my first thought was you meant police officers :-). :D ::)
I collect 1 and 2p coins in a big jar & when full I give it to someone who collects for a local charity (first transferring the coins to a sturdy carrier bag so I can re-use the jar).
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Should never have got rid of one pound notes. Nothing more annoying than having a pocket full of pound coins.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43388662
I see the treasury is going to review the status of one and two pence coins. They are also considering £50 notes, which aren't very popular either.
Makes a little sense, I suppose.
The 1p feels very like a 5p if your hands are frozen.
By the way, if the treasury in England ditches the £50 note, they have no say in Scotland - where you can still get a few £1 notes, as well as £50 and £100 notes.
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Should never have got rid of one pound notes. Nothing more annoying than having a pocket full of pound coins.
I collect those in a tin....I love pound coins, nice & round & pretty.
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I collect those in a tin....I love pound coins, nice & round & pretty.
And easily used. Notes for a quid would be a pain in the neck.
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More to the point, get rid of coppers, no more penny sweets.
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More to the point, get rid of coppers, no more penny sweets.
Think that happened without the change in coinage.
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Think that happened without the change in coinage.
When did they get rid of penny sweets? Bloody hell! Another part of my childhood gone.
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When did they get rid of penny sweets? Bloody hell! Another part of my childhood gone.
For quite a lot on here, they got rid of the penny they were used to as a child many years ago. Can't even get a guy for a penny anymore.
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Born '75, so too young for pre-decimalisation money, though I have a collection at home. I do remember 5p's with one shilling written in it.
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There’s a little old amusement place I go to in Norfolk that has loads of twopenny push machines. Reckon two thirds of their business will go if they get rid of copper coins.
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More to the point, get rid of coppers, no more penny sweets.
I think the minimum price of a "penny" sweet is something like 2p now.
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I think the minimum price of a "penny" sweet is something like 2p now.
So they still have 'em though. Good. I remember getting one pound a week pocket money, spending 50p on football stickers (which were 10p a packet) and 50p on penny sweets. Going to the cornershop, fizzy cola bottles and all that, stuffing my pockets full of sweets when the owner was out the back. Those were the days!
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All our coppers and 5p coins are put in charity tins.
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Well, one good thing - shops will have to stop their con trick of charging a penny less than a round number, eg £49.99, because they won't be able to give change.
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Well, one good thing - shops will have to stop their con trick of charging a penny less than a round number, eg £49.99, because they won't be able to give change.
Only if you pay with cash.
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Apparently not going to happen. I don't really understand why it's been ruled out so quickly. I suppose it's an attempt to look decisive but it merely looks scared.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43407298
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It’s probably a row against public opinion that they don’t need right now. Why add to their headaches?
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It’s probably a row against public opinion that they don’t need right now. Why add to their headaches?
Agree but that underlines why they appeared scared. It wasn't even a proposal just something to be considered. If policy on relatively unimportant items gets decided before any consideration because they have too many headaches, then the decisionson the difficult items becomes harder, not easier.
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I have a £1000,000 note.
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Well, one good thing - shops will have to stop their con trick of charging a penny less than a round number, eg £49.99, because they won't be able to give change.
Everything will be £something.95 in future.
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I can remember the clippies on the bus didn't like it if you gave them any farthings in your change, the ones with a relief picture of a Robin on them.
Regards ippy
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I can remember the clippies on the bus didn't like it if you gave them any farthings in your change, the ones with a relief picture of a Robin on them.
Regards ippy
I didn't realise farthings weren't taken out of circulation until 1969, the year I married.
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Talking of old coins have any of you come across a square 10/- coin? Guernsey produced them in 1966, when I was 16. My Dad collected quite a few of them, which were divided up between my sisters and myself after his death in 2005. I have one stuck on my bedroom door. I will give my five grandchildren one each. I am not sure what they are worth, probably not that much as so many were produced.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10988.html
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My dad was a 'copper' when they used to have a handcart inside those Police Tardis boxes and so my dad was telling me they had to use the handcart for taking stroppy prisoners to the station, apparently they had to handcuff the prisoner and then strap them to the cart before transporting them.
Regards ippy.
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Who's going to catch those enterprising burglars out a-burgling, or the cut-throats when they're occupied in crime?