Peter Masson wrote:

Weren't the coins enormous? The two shillings is the same diameter as
the current #2 coin, while both the penny and the half-crown are larger.

I found a tin with a load of old coins in - by old, I mean post 1971 -
and I was surprised at the size of the 50p and 10p. No wonder I always
had holes in my trouser pockets.

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Simon

Brighton
ex-Westbury, ex-Aberystwyth