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| Author: | tycho [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Victory on the new pound coin? |
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!) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -side.html |
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| Author: | Galiano [ Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victory on the new pound coin? |
Our Canadian dollar coin with its handsome design showing a Loon (Great Northern Diver) got the undignified name Loonie. Then a two dollar coin came out, with a magnificent polar bear. What do we call it? Not the Bear, alas. The Toonie! So beware, you'll end up with a Vickie or a Nellie. |
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