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Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:17 pm A farthing is 1/4 a penny, a groat is 4 pence, but a penny is no longer 1/100, its 1/240 because there are 20 pennies in a shilling and 12 shillings to a pound.

Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:17 pm A farthing is 1/4 a penny, a groat is 4 pence, but a penny is no longer 1/100, its 1/240 because there are 20 pennies in a shilling and 12 shillings to a pound.

Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:31 pm

Gregg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:17 pm A farthing is 1/4 a penny, a groat is 4 pence, but a penny is no longer 1/100, its 1/240 because there are 20 pennies in a shilling and 12 shillings to a pound.

Your 12 and 20 are the wrong way round.

Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:31 pm
When Australia decimalized the government (when? I diunno) took a different route. They changed from pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents with AUS$2 = AUS£1, so pennies and cents were roughly equivalent.

King Charles III 50p coin unveiled ahead of circulation this year
New monarch depicted facing left on Royal Mint’s new coin designs, the opposite way to Queen Elizabeth II

Tom Ambrose
Fri 30 Sep 2022 00.01 BST

A new 50p design featuring an image of King Charles III has been unveiled by the Royal Mint and will enter circulation by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, a special memorial coin range commemorating Queen Elizabeth II will be released on Monday at 9am. Charles’ portrait will appear on a £5 crown and a 50p celebrating the Queen.

Nicola Howell, chief commercial officer at the Royal Mint, told the PA news agency: “We expect customers will start to be able to receive the commemorative range from October and then we expect the 50p memorial circulating coin to be appearing in people’s change probably from December.”

The King’s effigy, which has received the personal approval of Charles, was created by sculptor Martin Jennings, the Mint said. As is tradition, the King’s portrait will face to the left, the opposite direction from Queen Elizabeth II.

Chris Barker, of the Royal Mint Museum, said: “Charles has followed that general tradition that we have in British coinage, going all the way back to Charles II actually, that the monarch faces in the opposite direction to their predecessor.”

The Latin inscription surrounding the effigy reads: “:: CHARLES III :: D :: G :: REX :: F :: D :: 5 POUNDS :: 2022”, which translates to: “King Charles III, by the Grace of God, Defender of the Faith”.

The design will start to appear on circulating and commemorative coins produced over the coming months.



https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... -this-year

New monarch depicted facing left on Royal Mint’s new coin designs, the opposite way to Queen Elizabeth II

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:57 am

New monarch depicted facing left on Royal Mint’s new coin designs, the opposite way to Queen Elizabeth II

backward looking? The last of UK monarchy?

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:11 am
Nah, just tradition. Each new monarch traditionally faces the opposite direction of the one before. When Prince William becomes King he'll be facing right.

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:23 pm

much ado wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:20 pm

The doctor who cleared him, didn't really consider her a Bond girl as she was only in that scene. For me a Bond girl needs to appear at least twice....

June bug wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:39 pm Even if only occasionally, Stern, I know I’m not the only one who’s celebrating! to you and the wildfire victims you’re helping!

sterngard friegen wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:29 pm

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:23 pm

much ado wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:20 pm

The doctor who cleared him, didn't really consider her a Bond girl as she was only in that scene. For me a Bond girl needs to appear at least twice....

Molly was in two separate scenes. First, the scene with Bond, M and the brain trust assembled to discuss Renard's* brain injury. Second, the scene with Bond in which he propositions her.

*Irony alert.


PS: I'm not back. Very busy representing wildfire victims. But I look in occasionally.

sterngard friegen wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:29 pm PS: I'm not back. Very busy representing wildfire victims. But I look in occasionally.

much ado wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:49 pm

So Frater, is Molly a Bond girl after all?

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:16 pm
Have they announced when the coronation will be yet? That's something I'd really like to see.
Gregg Wrote
That will be at least several months, perhaps a year. They like to do things when the weather is nice so look for maybe in June or July. Although the Trooping the Color is usually the second Saturday in June so they may do it in April or May to get ahead of that.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:36 pm May 6th.



Only 2000 guests. Elizabeth had 8000.

keith wrote: ↑Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:12 am
(Is Frater around? I need to find the door).