Mike R Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 This ammused me so thought I’d share .... Just fitting shiny new exhaust and found this washer used on one of the exhaust clamps. Probably could have bought 10 washers for that price! It’s dated as 1968 and “10 new pence” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Well it’s lasted OK! - if the date is 1968 then you also have something a bit special. My vague memory recalls all the fuss when decimalisation came in. I am pretty sure it was sometime in 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 1968 coins were prototypes; I have one lying about somewhere and researched it when I saw the date. I think the 10p coins came in around 1969 and all others followed within a year or two. Being a lazy b..... I just use Danish coins which have the hole already drilled.... brought a few home with me last time and have no other use for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 mrantell, it is fortunate that you chose to show the reverse of that coin, else you may have been guilty of the heinous offence of Defacing the Image of Her Majesty, for which the penalty was death until as recently as 1832, when it was commuted to penal servitude for life. But it is reassuring to see how robust is our coinage. Our currency is a different matter - to use a piece of money as valuable today as 10p in 1968 would need a £1 coin! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Once again proving the forum motto "It's only a bodge if someone else finds it" I fitted a power shower and needed a blanking washer for the old shower head connection, a 6p was ideal. Now Her Maj watches occupants of the bath. I suppose I could be in trouble if the coin was the other way around and her face in the water. Hung in chains in the Thames waiting for high tide was a popular choice for watery villains. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I’ve never seen a 6p coin Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Ahh the font of all knowledge Mr Wikipedia tells me the 10p piece came out in 1968 ... so this must have been one of the first. good ones going for £2 on ebay .... not sure mine would count though. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Paul : You have now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Just now, Chris A said: Paul : You have now Thanks Senior moment 😱 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark powell Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 That's a 6 d coin (tanner, half - bob...) D, pre decimal, P, post decimal... I'll get my anorak. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said: Once again proving the forum motto "It's only a bodge if someone else finds it" I fitted a power shower and needed a blanking washer for the old shower head connection, a 6p was ideal. Now Her Maj watches occupants of the bath. I suppose I could be in trouble if the coin was the other way around and her face in the water. Hung in chains in the Thames waiting for high tide was a popular choice for watery villains. Doug Now where did i put that "nine bob note"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanT Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Silver sixpence washers are more expensive 😂 Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 4 hours ago, mark powell said: That's a 6 d coin (tanner, half - bob...) D, pre decimal, P, post decimal... I'll get my anorak. My thoughts exactly! There's a difference between d and p, and not just that you can go for a p. It's a bit like talking about an imperial metric spanner. Thankfully as John says our coinage is robust; the same can't be said of these plastic notes, which won't even make a decent paper aeroplane any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) I had forgotten that the “New Pence” coinage was introduced so much in advance of the actual ”Decimilisation Day “, if that is how it was spelt. Some folk were quite put out by it. There was a lady interviewed in the street ( probably Fife Robinson on the “Tonight” programme) who thought it would be better “To delay it - at least until all the old people had died”. Edited March 3, 2019 by Vanadium23 me grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 46 minutes ago, Vanadium23 said: it would be better “To delay it - at least until all the old people had died”. Bit like Brexit! Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herald948 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 I'm used to date codes on Lucas components and Triplex glass, but I've never before seen one on something so simple as a washer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 "There's a difference between d and p" Yes, 180 degrees. At least, in this font there is. J. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmh Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 On 03/03/2019 at 10:45, Colin Lindsay said: Being a lazy b..... I just use Danish coins which have the hole already drilled.... brought a few home with me last time and have no other use for them. Yep, but worth more than a halv £, so would guess still an expensive washer? :-) /Jens - Copenhagen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Just to drift a little, I decided to clean out my "Too useful to throw away" box and found this. It became obsolete on decimalisation day in 1971. So this got into my box around then, in my Mini traveller days. And yes, there were Mini bits in the box, I've thrown the Mini stuff away which almost certainly means I'll need it next week. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, jmh said: Yep, but worth more than a halv £, so would guess still an expensive washer? 🙂 /Jens - Copenhagen True, but only if I go back again..... Anyway, didn't we used to use 1p pieces in the Waxstat conversions back in the day? THAT was a cheap fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Its being argued now that we do away with 'copper' coins. After all, except for marketing prices at £X.99, what can you buy for 1p? Or 2p? And the £5 coin is being designed, but serious discussion if it will ever be needed as we go cashless, cards for everything. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Cards will never catch on and replace cash completely, there'll always be a need for washers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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