on โ13-02-2016 09:31 AM
Solved! Go to Solution.
โ13-02-2016 11:49 AM - edited โ13-02-2016 11:49 AM
Be a good sport and just purchase one off any number of coin sellers here on ebay haha.
And isn't it 50 years since the introduction of decimal currency??
on โ13-02-2016 10:00 AM
Remember the butcher/greengrocer/grocer adding up a column of purchases on butcher paper or brown paper bag in lead pencil ?
And remember the Mental Arithmetic adding up 2 amounts ( long before calculators )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZTeWLA1LAs
DEB
on โ13-02-2016 10:04 AM
on โ13-02-2016 10:37 AM
I can remember all the lollies you could get for a penny.
on โ13-02-2016 10:46 AM
Ah, the old money!
At least they made the new notes the same colour as the old money,
to help with the changeover
I used to get paid ยฃ6 ($12) a fortnight and thought I was rich
on โ13-02-2016 10:48 AM
on โ13-02-2016 10:52 AM
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on โ13-02-2016 11:23 AM
But $100 in the eighties was a lot of money.
You could buy a lot of things for $100.
My mortgage was $60 pw in the 80's
on โ13-02-2016 11:32 AM