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Post by Ashley on Jun 19, 2005 22:18:33 GMT -5
As I'm going to visit Britain in less than a year, could someone care to explain British money? Plus, I just think it would be cool to know.
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Post by Paranoid Android on Jun 20, 2005 13:58:17 GMT -5
Ok, here's a list of coins in English money.
1p - like 1 cent. Small and copper. 2p - guess value... Large and copper. 5p. Small and silver. Smallest of all coins. 10p. Large-ish and silver. 20p. Smallish and silver. Not round. (pentagonal or heptagonal, can't remember) 50p. Large and silver. Not round. (see above) £1 (100p) (pound) Small, thick and goldish. £2. Large, silver in middle, goldish on outside.
Notes: £5 - Smallest of the notes, got a big £5 on it. blue-greenish design £10 - slighter larger, got a big £10. Orange design. £20 - larger still, got a big £20. Purple design. £50 - Largest, got big £50. Red design. Useless in most shops...
That any help?
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Post by Ashley on Jun 20, 2005 18:17:54 GMT -5
Yeah..somewhat...
What is a quid? I always see that and wonder what that is.
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Post by amavi on Jun 21, 2005 8:25:08 GMT -5
quid = pound
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Jun 21, 2005 10:08:27 GMT -5
Because cockneys couldn't say pound... they said pahnd. So they changed it so that they may better conceal their cockneyness from Cockney Exterminators...
Yeah, I made that up. It's just that lovely British slang...
What other words are there for money? Dosh? Moolah in some circles? Bob in even fewer circles?
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Post by Ashley on Jun 21, 2005 10:14:06 GMT -5
Ah...okay. I thought it was just some different thing.
Money= bucks, bacon, cash, bills, green, etc...
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Post by amavi on Jun 21, 2005 13:56:44 GMT -5
Money is also dough, for some reason
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Post by Ashley on Jun 22, 2005 20:04:29 GMT -5
Cause it's good to make doughnuts with!
Just kidding...
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Post by Hobbit-eyes on Jun 23, 2005 2:27:32 GMT -5
Ah...okay. I thought it was just some different thing. Money= bucks, bacon, cash, bills, green, etc... Most of that's American slang, though...
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Post by Boo on Jun 23, 2005 4:35:34 GMT -5
Yeah, that is. I've only ever heard quid since I've been here.
On another note, stock up on 20p coins, especially if you're going to LEicester Square and you need the bathroom.
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Post by amavi on Jun 23, 2005 5:57:31 GMT -5
Hehehe yeah and at Victoria station...but that isn't really a tourist spot...
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Post by Oni on Jun 23, 2005 15:46:51 GMT -5
Better yet, go for the 50p coins. They are just infinitely better than 20p coins, because they are bigger.
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Post by Ashley on Jun 23, 2005 17:46:56 GMT -5
Oh God...I'm confused again. American money is so much more simple.
I watched a show the other day on how British notes are the hardest to counterfeit. Then they did a stupid thing and showed how a guy managed to do it.
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Post by amavi on Jun 24, 2005 12:45:35 GMT -5
Well that was dumb...surely now lots of people know how to fake them?
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Post by Becky on Jun 24, 2005 15:59:18 GMT -5
Better yet, go for the 50p coins. They are just infinitely better than 20p coins, because they are bigger. However, they are not much use if you wish to avail yourself of the facilities at Victoria station, for the entry turnstile only takes 20p coins.
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