Christmas shopping

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:19 pm

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:41 pm

Keeping out of the town centre me .All them busy body women flying at you from all angles .. :evil:

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:50 pm

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

I have about 20 of them, I will sell you them at a pound a pop

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Sussex07 wrote:

Keeping out of the town centre me .All them busy body women flying at you from all angles .. :evil:

i was in the town for 10 minutes on saturday with the push chair, thats all it took for me to go crazy n leave

one of the busiest saturdays of the year, everybody stressed, so whose idea was it to put 10 bag pipe playing idiots outside of m and s?

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:37 pm

Compo wrote:

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

I have about 20 of them, I will sell you them at a pound a pop

Well, first, are they in mint condition, or are they all grotty and tarnished?

As for bag-pipes....who was it said that the definition of a gentleman is someone who can play the bag-pipes, but doesn't? :grin:

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:42 pm

grabec wrote:

Compo wrote:

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

I have about 20 of them, I will sell you them at a pound a pop

Well, first, are they in mint condition, or are they all grotty and tarnished?

As for bag-pipes....who was it said that the definition of a gentleman is someone who can play the bag-pipes, but doesn't? :grin:

I think they are the opposite of me and are grotty and tarnished.

Only joking I have them at the rents house so will dig them out at the weekend when I am home, they are not in a box thing they are just loose coins, if I have some good ones you are welcome to them for nowt.

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:46 pm

Well, that's very generous of you, Compo. :coool:

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:59 pm

I will let you know on saturday and I am going to the match so if I have a decent one will give it to you then. Although I am going to the ground early as going in the box.

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:03 pm

Compo wrote:

I will let you know on saturday and I am going to the match so if I have a decent one will give it to you then. Although I am going to the ground early as going in the box.

This is just another boasting opportunity for you, isn't it? :wink:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:17 pm

I'm on nights Friday and Saturday - I will shut myself out from the world in Snoozeville!!! I probably won't bother getting up for the match either...unless Turner has left the building by some remote chance

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:18 pm

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers

Glad to be of service :grin:

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:26 pm

GroovyCrimes wrote:

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers

Glad to be of service :grin:

That's a very good idea. If I put them in, there'll be no room for any presents. :wink:

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:33 pm

grabec wrote:

Compo wrote:

I will let you know on saturday and I am going to the match so if I have a decent one will give it to you then. Although I am going to the ground early as going in the box.

This is just another boasting opportunity for you, isn't it? :wink:

yeah I will be able to boast that I have met you

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:38 pm

Compo wrote:

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

I have about 20 of them, I will sell you them at a pound a pop

Are they pre 1972??

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:41 pm

TalbotAvenger wrote:

Compo wrote:

grabec wrote:

Looking for some stocking fillers yesterday, and came upon some quite classy sets of pre-decimal coins. But...the half-pennies cost £2.99...... confised

I have about 20 of them, I will sell you them at a pound a pop

Are they pre 1972??

not sure why do you know something I dont, like if there pre 72 there worth about a tenner each?

grabec · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:43 pm

Surely all halfpennies are pre-1972. Is this a Knaresborough joke, Talbot?

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:44 pm

Are they pre 1972??[/quote]

not sure why do you know something I dont, like if there pre 72 there worth about a tenner each?[/quote]

No they are worth less then 2.99

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:16 pm

grabec wrote:

Surely all halfpennies are pre-1972. Is this a Knaresborough joke, Talbot?

Gerraway. The half pence didn't go out of circulation til about 1980- I remember getting sweets from the ha'penny tray in Stubbs' shop in Murray Street and I wasn't even born in 1972!

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Course not your only 21 :laugh:

football on weds rippo?

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:19 pm

Yubep wrote:

football on weds rippo?

Not this week mate, works do, intend to be hammered by 9pm! :grin:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:07 am

The decimal halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984. But the old ha'penny that would probably have been in display cases would have been pre-decimal coins. With a face value of 1/480th of a pound or 1/2.4 of the newer decimal halfpenny. So not really the same thing at all.

HTH

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