We are to have a new pound coin soon and one of the suggested designs is an image of HMS Victory. What a splendid idea! Maybe the coin will be called (colloquially) the Nelson. It is interesting that the pre-decimal coinage had affectionate 'unofficial' names - tanner, bob etc, but the newer currency has none. (Digressive rant: I do object to the modern contraction 'pee' for pence, and object even more to 'one pence' for 'one penny'. Pence is plural!)
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