Our Crazy Currency
The maximum number of coins that my mam could hand over for chips was four farthings. Or she could pay with two halfpennies or one penny. By the time I was sent to the chippy the maximum number of coins I could use was eight halfpennies. Or I could pay with four pennies.
Now the maximum number of coins I can use to buy a bag of chips is eighty 1p coins. Read more