Funny Money

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1. The basic unit of British currency is the penny. Before decimalisation, how many pennies were there to the pound? 220 100 240 180

2. In "old money" the symbol for a penny was "d". What were the origins of this? the Roman dupondius the Roman denarius the French denier the Greek drachma

3. The predecimal coin known as the florin continued to be circulated after decimalisation. How much was it worth in "new money"? 10p 50p 5p 2p

4. Coinage, like any other area of life, attracts its slang terms. What was the value of the coin known as the "tanner"? six pence a crown a shilling three pence

5. The smallest denomination coin was the farthing. Which bird was depicted on this coin? robin raven owl wren

6. What was the coin which had the value of 5 shillings known as? half crown half sovereign sovereign crown

7. The value of the guinea fluctuated over the years between 20 and 30 shillings. Its value was fixed in 1717. How many shillings was it then worth? 24 22 21 25

8. The coin known as the groat was taken out of circulation in the 1800s. For what reason however have some groat coins been minted since that time? Maundy money War bonds Coronation commemorative coins Scottish coinage

9. In 1947 the metal content of all British silver coins was changed to what? copper-nickel mix silver-nickel mix nickel nickel-zinc mix

10. Decimalisation finally put a stop to all that wonderful British "funny money". On which date did that occur? 15 February 1973 15 February 1970 15 February 1971 15 February 1972