> > I'll have to double check, but down at Dad's house should be a bunch > of US 50 cent and US silver dollars, taht are pobably around 50 years > old or more. There used to be some British money, my Granny had, from > very early 1900's. I'll ask my sister if its still around. >
before decimalisation there were a lot of 19th century coins in circulation here, especially pennies. Big things they were, with a picture of young Queen Vic, and typically very well worn. There must be an awful lot of them still lying around in people's houses. I have a nice, old silver Maria Theresa thaler which I bought from someone in Ethiopia. It had been converted into a pendant, which is a very common use for them over there. They have an interesting history - the word thaler evolved into the word dollar - and make nice souvenirs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
