£1 coins

[Whitefly Swatter]

E3134 said:

Just rhyming slang for 2/6.

Bob for shilling is still a mystery

The ‘Bob’

The ‘Bob’ The term ‘shilling’ might be derived from a Roman coin called a solidus, or the old English term ‘scield’. Eventually, it adopted the nickname ‘bob’, although quite why remains a mystery. There have been attempts to link its name to the famous politician Sir Robert Walpole. However, ‘bob’ also referred to a set of changes rung on church bells, which may provide one possible explanation for the name since the word ‘shilling’ comes from the Germanic word ‘skell’ meaning ‘ring

from The Royal Mint web site

[E3134]

Whitefly Swatter said:

E3134 said:

Just rhyming slang for 2/6.

Bob for shilling is still a mystery

The ‘Bob’

The ‘Bob’ The term ‘shilling’ might be derived from a Roman coin called a solidus, or the old English term ‘scield’. Eventually, it adopted the nickname ‘bob’, although quite why remains a mystery. There have been attempts to link its name to the famous politician Sir Robert Walpole. However, ‘bob’ also referred to a set of changes rung on church bells, which may provide one possible explanation for the name since the word ‘shilling’ comes from the Germanic word ‘skell’ meaning ‘ring

from The Royal Mint web site

Thanks

My favourite was the nickname for the pound coin, Maggie, after Margaret Thatcher, a Maggie, because it was hard, rough round the edges and thinks it is a sovereign.

[thebraketester]

Mr Magooagain said:

Here we go!
Oh I never carry cash!

The last time regularly carried cash was ~2015. :-)

[cheesejunkie]

I never knew what a bob was growing up. It was an unfamiliar term.

Then I moved towns and a gypsie demanded two bob off me (80's childhood argument). I can't remember why or what for but I remember I went for the alternative (fight).

I learned afterwards that two shillings were still called two bob by some, fker was asking for 10p. I won the fight.

[andymc]

dudleybloke said:

Luxury...............

outside toilet

[cheesejunkie]

andymc said:

outside toilet

Have st in an outside toilet with magazines and newspapers conveniently located.

It wasn't normal to me. But my granny's house was from a different era before it was condemned.

Edited by cheesejunkie on Friday 26th April 10:52

[Mr Peel]

When pound coins were introduced in the 80s old people made a fuss about them being too big and heavy, wearing out their pockets and purses. Why can't we have notes any more? and so on. You could get circular plastic 'coin holders' that held 5 of them. God knows why...

[fly by wire]

Five bob = dogs collar (5/- / dollar)

Half crown = two and a tanner (2/6d)

Tile surround = £1

Pearl Diver = £5

I'm quite old.

[Jasey_]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

ferret50 said:

We were poor, and lived in a cardboard box in the gutter, but we were happy....

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Lucky bd. We had to get up 2 hours before we went to bed.

[fly by wire]

Jasey_ said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

ferret50 said:

We were poor, and lived in a cardboard box in the gutter, but we were happy....

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Lucky bd. We had to get up 2 hours before we went to bed.

The Secret Policemans Ball

[Kermit power]

sherman said:

Tell me your old without telling me your old

Tell me your young by showing me your not sure where to use you're your and you're!

[markymarkthree]

fly by wire said:

Five bob = dogs collar (5/- / dollar)

Half crown = two and a tanner (2/6d)

Tile surround = £1

Pearl Diver = £5

I'm quite old.

My old Dad (Hackney lad) used to mention "dollar" every now and then.
Was a couple of dollars 10 bob ?

[CanAm]

markymarkthree said:

My old Dad (Hackney lad) used to mention "dollar" every now and then.
Was a couple of dollars 10 bob ?

Yes, a "dollar" was 5 bob, so half a crown was "half a dollar" which my dad used regularly.

[markymarkthree]

CanAm said:

markymarkthree said:

My old Dad (Hackney lad) used to mention "dollar" every now and then.
Was a couple of dollars 10 bob ?

Yes, a "dollar" was 5 bob, so half a crown was "half a dollar" which my dad used regularly.

Brilliant, thanks for the reply and yes my Dad also used to mention "half a dollar" a fair amount.

[sir humphrey appleby]

Jasey_ said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

ferret50 said:

We were poor, and lived in a cardboard box in the gutter, but we were happy....

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Lucky bd. We had to get up 2 hours before we went to bed.

Good one, I’m using that

[Mr Pointy]

fly by wire said:

Jasey_ said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

ferret50 said:

We were poor, and lived in a cardboard box in the gutter, but we were happy....

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Lucky bd. We had to get up 2 hours before we went to bed.

The Secret Policemans Ball

Actually the sketch goes way further back that that - even before Monty Python:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1mGoLDRbc

Edited by Mr Pointy on Saturday 27th April 10:26

[CanAm]

markymarkthree said:

CanAm said:

markymarkthree said:

My old Dad (Hackney lad) used to mention "dollar" every now and then.
Was a couple of dollars 10 bob ?

Yes, a "dollar" was 5 bob, so half a crown was "half a dollar" which my dad used regularly.

Brilliant, thanks for the reply and yes my Dad also used to mention "half a dollar" a fair amount.

And I must admit, until we went decimal in 1971, I used to use the expression myself. You could still get a pint for half a dollar, back then (12.5p for our younger readers).

[speedchick]

It's an absolute certainty that when we get a p&d machine with a coin jam it's a round pound. Machines won't take them, and I'm getting a hefty collection of them.

[sherman]

speedchick said:

It's an absolute certainty that when we get a p&d machine with a coin jam it's a round pound. Machines won't take them, and I'm getting a hefty collection of them.

Most banks will still accept them as banking. You just need to bank them as whole bags of £20.
At the pub I worked at when we got them in tips etccwe would save them up into a bag of 20 and send them offceith the G4S banking.
It never got rejected.

We would swap the 20 coins for notes and put it back in the tips so no one list out

[fly by wire]

Mr Pointy said:

Actually the sketch goes way further back that that - even before Monty Python:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1mGoLDRbc

Edited by Mr Pointy on Saturday 27th April 10:26

Not seen that before, first time was Cleese & co on TSPB.

Thanks