(https://i.postimg.cc/7PjFH182/new-coin2.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
😁 😁😁
I know it's fake because he will be facing left. :smiley:
quite right - hadn't noticed
Mike
[2040]
That's better.
God save the King
ear ear
About time we had some innovation in our coinage.
like making worth something?
My older relatives used to lament the way money had lost its value.
Bloody hell, if they were alive today they'd turn in their graves.
my neighbour's grandson cuts the grass for me for £20. He is 16. Out of idle curiosity, I worked out what had equivalent purchasing power when I was 16 - 1953. The answer? Just ONE POUND
Mike :shocked: :shocked:
I would have estimated even less than that. It's a forlorn hope I know but I hope our government can keep some control of inflation or we'll all be broke. Some say that's what they want to achieve, and if that is right they are going the right way about it.
Seems they had to change it following complaints about problems with supermarket trollies.
Here is the redesign...
(https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220930035852-03-king-charles-coin-effigy.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill)
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/30/business/king-charles-iii-coin-effigy-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
Yes we would have had to wiggle them out of the trolley. No doubt there would be professional wigglers on hand to retrieve the coins for a small fee.
I notice that they have taken inflation into account. The trolley coin is a £5 one.
They snuck that in craftily.
They'd better get them out there quick or they'll need higher value ones otherwise it won't be worth the effort of taking them back.
the £5 coin is a collector's special - don't expect to find them in loose change. The 50p is - or rather will be - a 'normal' coin
Mike
Yes I was aware of that. This thread is in the jokes section btw.
:grin: :grin:
Quote from: klondike on September 30, 2022, 10:21:31 PMYes I was aware of that. This thread is in the jokes section btw.
Ah - didn't realise - sorry
I suppose this is a replacement for the traditional 5/- crown. Is nothing sacred?