The Bank of England is planning to reissue some of their banknotes. A dour Winston Churchill is slated for the five pound note, probably disappointed that he didn't get a higher denomination. Jane Austen will be on the ten. They are asking for suggestions for the fifty pound note - some suggest Margaret Thatcher as you have to be deceased. But the fifty doesn't get much use. Some think it is mostly for money laundering which the Iron Lady would not tolerate. Years ago our cargo manifests were listed in Sterling - pence - shillings - pounds. And curiously, some goods of value were priced in guineas - i.e. twenty-one shillings. And two shillings six pence was called a half of a crown - a rather large coin for your purse.
But who wants to give a tuppence for the old days.
Hail Brittania!
tjs
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