Just before decimalisation a friend and I borrowed £5 each off our dads and went round the banks getting £5 worth of pennies, 1200 in all, and the checking the dates, taking them back and then onto another bank to repeat. When you drop the bag running to catch the train (as we’d used up all the banks on our local village) they go a long way!
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
That is a great story! Sounds like a lot of heavy lifting, did you find anything worth while?
@kencook4607
7 ай бұрын
Wow. It's insane that a medieval style currency system survived into the modern era. Thanks for the dedication making this video!
@BitsAndBobsCoins
7 ай бұрын
You are right 💯 Thanks 😊💯
@wolfchrt
5 ай бұрын
This currency took over the world along with their hogsheads and horsepower
@babyinuyasha
2 ай бұрын
@@kencook4607 even older, the £sd system came from the Romans.
@seanronayne3654
Ай бұрын
Nice collection. I love them all. Copper silver gold. All fantastic
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@russguthrie232
Жыл бұрын
An excellent presentation! My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thanks that is great to hear 😊 👍
@russguthrie232
Жыл бұрын
@@BitsAndBobsCoins it was easy to understand and nicely visualized. Much better than another video that started back in ancient England.
@ouchthathurts6350
2 ай бұрын
Boys, this video has made my day. I was born in 1972 so I consider myself lucky in this respect. The pre-decimal system is interesting, not to mention wilfully difficult. Kudos to you for owning so many coins.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much 🙏 Glad you enjoyed
@AMD7027
7 ай бұрын
People laugh at the US for not commonly using the Metric system but we had decimal coinage from day 1.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
7 ай бұрын
Very true
@MasontheMarxistDog
6 ай бұрын
Thomas Jefferson want the US to use the metric system
@exxbootneck
4 ай бұрын
The US converting to decimal currency was simply part of severing ties with the UK after the rebellion
@glooboo
3 ай бұрын
While we did have decimal coinage from "day 1" as you say. British coinage was accepted coin for coin in the U.S. until the Civil War. It's easy to forget that until the end of World War I, the UK was the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world, and had been for more than 250 years. So as our money is used alongside their own in many countries today, so was British money used here alongside ours.
@paulnicholson1906
2 ай бұрын
We still have inches and feet. That is no different.
@CoinPatrol
Жыл бұрын
I love videos like this. Nice one Ethan. 👍
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much 🙏😊 its great to hear the support
@JanEikeK
4 ай бұрын
THIS and then hearing 1970's people telling the camera that they are afraid it will become more complicated in a year, is most likely the perfect après-read for Pratchett's "Making Money". - And I wondered where he got this uniquely strange idea from...
@BitsAndBobsCoins
4 ай бұрын
Your right 👍
@boxcat80085
3 ай бұрын
They were probably just really used to the pre-decimal system that they were worried that the decimal currency was gonna by complicated since they hadn't fully got used to it yet.
@shoredude2
Жыл бұрын
The florin bought more in 1971 than a pound coin does today.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Yes, sadly coins have lost lots of value
@RaimoHöft
2 ай бұрын
Seen in the good ol' "Carry On..." movies, set in the UK of that time and age. 10 pounds to enter the camping side don't seem that much... 😁
@jamiehughes5573
17 күн бұрын
Today, a relatively "cheap" loaf of bread costs around 40p(for a non branded store own loaf) Compared to 1914(before WW1) a loaf of bread costs 4d
@thestackcollector
Жыл бұрын
What a fun idea for a video guys! I wish I could still swap my predecimal into Sovereigns I'd be a rich man 😂 I really can imagine carrying that amount of pennies around as ive just had to do it moving house 😂
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much TSC Yes I would happily give 8 half crowns for a sovereign 😂😆
@sidkings
Ай бұрын
What an epic video! I'm surprised your table didn't collapse. 😂 Thank you for all the effort you put into this 🙏
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! Thank you 👍
@comesignotus9888
Жыл бұрын
This video needs 1/3 (yep, one third) farthing! A lovely little coin )))
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
That would be incredible to see
@Lamprolign
10 ай бұрын
I am here as a strong advocate for 240 pence.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
10 ай бұрын
I would like that too
@TheOne_6
2 ай бұрын
what about 250
@jordanl5444
Ай бұрын
@@TheOne_6250 would be too much, 230 too little
@jamiehughes5573
17 күн бұрын
@@TheOne_6240 was the perfect number because it could be easily divided e.g you can divid it by 3 you can't with 250 since it be 83.3333333 instead of 80
@koinking1665
Жыл бұрын
When my grandad used to play card games he would sometimes win a pound in pennies because each “token” was a penny and he would have told me how he brought it home in his pockets or a sack
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Wow that's a lot of coins to carry home
@baronvg
Ай бұрын
I wasn’t around when these coins were in use (I’m not even British), but I have to imagine there were instances of people just taking forever in lines digging through their pockets/purses looking for the right coins.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
Very possible But people were born with the system and it was easy for most Just like learning a first language
@Mark3ABE
2 ай бұрын
What is interesting, from an historical point of view, is that the pre decimal penny was the direct descendant of the Roman Denarius. That is to say, it had not been rebased at all since Julius Caesar first introduced a coin of this value into circulation in Britain. While there is no longer any coin which is directly descended from the old Roman Denarius in our current coinage, the five pence piece is still connected to that coin, since it is worth exactly 12 Roman Denarii.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Very true
@Larkinchance
27 күн бұрын
you could set it to music, concluding with, "and a partridge in a pear tree.... I visited the UK in 1972 as a long haired youth only to find that they had decimalized, I was disappointed because I was already to use pound, shilling, pence...
@BitsAndBobsCoins
26 күн бұрын
Good idea Just missed out 😂
@davidlatham8630
2 ай бұрын
The Pound Sterling used to be exponentially more valuable. In 1900 that Shilling coin would be equivalent to almost £8 in today’s money. A £1 coin was about £155. And that Farthing? About 15p. In 1900 you could live quite comfortably on £500 per year. {£77,000}
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Yes, real money that could buy stuff
@MrMoritz74
2 ай бұрын
In the German Empire are 50 Pfennig = 6 Pence, 1 Mark = 1 Shilling, 20 Mark (Gold-Coin) = 1 Sovereign. Today: 8 € = 1 Mark. The german and british coins are nearly the same: 50 Pfennig had got the same sice and value than the 6 Pence coin. 1 Mark had the same size and value than 1 shilling, 2 Marks = 1 Florin, 3 Marks >= Half Crown, 5 Marks = 1 Crown, 10 Marks = Half Sovereign, 20 Marks = 1 Sovereign. Greetings from Germany!
@MrMburrough
3 ай бұрын
Excellent representation!
@BitsAndBobsCoins
3 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! Thank you 🙏
@squeaksvids5886
2 ай бұрын
Hello! I see a 1/2 new pence masquerading as a farthing at 2:05!
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Good spot Thanks 🙏
@omygodusernametaken
Жыл бұрын
What a great video!
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much 🙏
@Letsplaypasi
2 ай бұрын
I am from Austria and we have had a decimal system since 1858 but befkre that it was crazy. As I'm really into that kind of stuff I realized how difficult the system was before 1858 as Austria was a part of the Holy Roman Empire and there were so many different currencies or some that had the same name but were worth a different ammount. Must have been terrible I can imagine...
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Lots of confusion out there for sure
@scented-leafpelargonium3366
Жыл бұрын
Was there a groat 4 pence coin or was it put out of use? 🤔 Very good video. 🤗
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
There was a groat but it stopped being used in the 1850s
@scented-leafpelargonium3366
Жыл бұрын
@@BitsAndBobsCoins Ah, thank you. I kinda guessed that might have been the case. You should do a video on Maundy Money as that is another intriguing form of British money. 🤑 (If you haven't done already.) You have a great catalogue of videos to explore and watch. 🤗
@grahamturner5963
Жыл бұрын
That was fun 😃 Good job you didn't try this with the 1/3 farthing - you'd be on this till Christmas 😉
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Your definitely right, if fractional farthings were included I would need a bigger table.
@KeyToTime
Ай бұрын
Amazing that you can easily divide 3p between 4 people if you needed though. Can't do that with decimal currency.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
Definitely a great system
@richardseed8253
Ай бұрын
3d not p d for denarii
@jonslandfill
2 ай бұрын
reta video!
@jeremysepicrun
7 ай бұрын
My tiny critique is that you didn’t use the colloquial pronunciation. People said "thruppence" and "HAYP-knee" in stead of "three pence" and "half penny" respectively. As well as their slang terms: the bob, the tanner, the asspoop etc
@MrPaw45
Ай бұрын
Good video but you made a mistake at 5:28 In the shilling column you added to many coins for the half crown. You should have only added a 6 pence where as you actually added 2/6 making the column total 4/6
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
Apologies Thank you 🙏
@JoshuasOfficialChannel
3 ай бұрын
Nice 👍
@BitsAndBobsCoins
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@JoshuasOfficialChannel
3 ай бұрын
@@BitsAndBobsCoins your welcome I have a coin collection as well 👍
@louisimission2153
Жыл бұрын
Great video, enjoyed that - dare I ask how many quater farthings in a 5 guinnea coin?
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much I have just done the maths and it is 20,160 1/4 farthings to the 5 guinea A crazy amount
@louisimission2153
Жыл бұрын
Exellent. Very satisfying 🤝
@louisimission2153
Жыл бұрын
I have also done some maths; 20,160 of the things would weigh 23.7kg
@louisimission2153
Жыл бұрын
Aha, I have also found they would measure 272 meters if laid end to end in a ridiculous line
@shauncorless8965
Жыл бұрын
Growing up early 1960s if you were lucky to fi nd two shilling ,it was a fortune you could live like a ki ng for a week,,
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Yes, coins had much more of a value back then
@paulnicholson1906
2 ай бұрын
If I was sulking my dad would say “lad you look like you lost a shilling and found a tanner”.
@MichaelScalet72
25 күн бұрын
What is a collomn?
@orionrichardson
Ай бұрын
Much easier to use galleons, sickles and knuts
@vaiovm
Ай бұрын
In my opinion (as a huge Harry Potter fan), galleons, sickles and knuts are honestly harder, because they rely on numbers that aren't round and seemingly random, making calculations literal headaches.
@gerritleemburg6777
Жыл бұрын
Funny video I must say.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@bottlecapdave2021
Жыл бұрын
Third Farthing and Quarter farthing visualisation please. 😂
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
The table would collapse 😂
@bottlecapdave2021
Жыл бұрын
@@BitsAndBobsCoins and we must include the rest of the sovereign denominations. Let's do this 💪😁
@paulnicholson1906
2 ай бұрын
You needed to wear a belt with a pocket full of pennies or your pants would be around your ankles.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
😂
@2204happy
Жыл бұрын
5:27 in the shillings column you got it wrong. You have 4/6 but a half crown is only 2/6, you should have only added a sixpence not 2 extra shillings.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Жыл бұрын
Yes apologies
@2204happy
Жыл бұрын
@@BitsAndBobsCoins no need to apologise I was just pointing out a mistake 😁 £sd can be very confusing sometimes
@babyinuyasha
2 ай бұрын
The half crown should have 2 shillings, not 4
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Yes apologies
@musicredsubaru
2 ай бұрын
How much did a farthing buy in 1940? 😲
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
About 7p today
@daverees9344
2 ай бұрын
You forgot the 4 shillings or double florin.
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
True but it was not a lasting denomination
@jamiehughes5573
17 күн бұрын
I find it funny it's technically still legal tender because it was basically forgotten. But because it was silver it was far move valuable than it's face value
@tanelipirinen
2 ай бұрын
One guinea?
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
252 pence 21 Shillings
@RaimoHöft
2 ай бұрын
So, 100 guineas a week are 25200 pence or 2100 shilling... or 105 pounds, right? I've always wondered, how many money Doctor Nookey was earning a week from this miracelous serum, he discovered at the Beatific Islands. 😜 PS May the fertility of Sumakas swell your coconuts! 🤗 PPS That would be round about 3000 pounds of todays money, if I'm not wrong... NICE!!! 👌🏻 And paying 10 £ for entering the camping side of Mr Fiddler, thinking it is nude camping, was like paying 300 £ today! 😁
@christiangraham1
Ай бұрын
Are you Victorian?
@BitsAndBobsCoins
Ай бұрын
😂
@MasontheMarxistDog
6 ай бұрын
Quarter and Third Farthings Exist
@BitsAndBobsCoins
6 ай бұрын
Yes, for use in the colonies though
@TheRealBatabii
Ай бұрын
"collomn"??
@J3D1D14H
2 ай бұрын
Lol the video is 12min 20sec
@BitsAndBobsCoins
2 ай бұрын
Wow That's a coincidence
@thestackcollector
Жыл бұрын
Oh btw do you guys have an email address people can contact you on?
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