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wodin · 02-06-2011, 02:58 PM

Ah, yes! It brings me back to a former life when I used to spend a couple of months each year in Dunoon (actually Holy Loch), and buy Guinness by the half pint for a sixpence and whiskey by the gill for a bob (shilling).

Since I bought way too many of those, my memory of the prices may be a little hazy here, but I still have a few of those old coins laying around.

Those days ruined me for fish 'n' chips though, I've scoured the US for a decent plate of fish 'n' chips, and have come up wanting.

It would be nice if that slide show would show the relative sizes of those coins though. I do remember that they varied greatly.

02-06-2011, 02:58 PM	#25
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Ah, yes! It brings me back to a former life when I used to spend a couple of months each year in Dunoon (actually Holy Loch), and buy Guinness by the half pint for a sixpence and whiskey by the gill for a bob (shilling). Since I bought way too many of those, my memory of the prices may be a little hazy here, but I still have a few of those old coins laying around. Those days ruined me for fish 'n' chips though, I've scoured the US for a decent plate of fish 'n' chips, and have come up wanting. It would be nice if that slide show would show the relative sizes of those coins though. I do remember that they varied greatly. Last edited by wodin; 02-06-2011 at 03:01 PM.