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Originally Posted by steeljack

what I was looking for was the size/diameter of the old coinage , I remember that 12 halfpennies lined up (side by side in a straight row measured 12 ", but I think there were similar rules for the other coinage

wikipedia gives the 1/2d coin as 25mm

Originally Posted by garinda

Did you do a trick with them?

You'd have gone down well at one of Princess Margaret's dinner parties in Mustique.

Me old mate when he was in his prime, could line up 12 hapennies on his wingwang.
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