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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , () wrote: I have noticed lately that there appear to be much less coins 1- and 2-pound coins, plus 50-pence coins with special reverses in circulation. Is it becoming a trend for the general public to hoard these coins? Since all £1 coin reverses are "special" I'm not sure what you mean there. Some are more special than others! Have a butcher's: http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/dec1p.html IME, the 1983 etc all-UK reverse is far and away the most common one to come across. The mid-80s Scottish and Welsh are level-pegging in second place. The NI flax flower design is rarer, as is the English royal oak. The 1988 UK is really quite unusual to see. The mid-90s national designs and the bridges are now also pretty common - about the same as the 80s Scottish and Welsh, i'd say. I have yet to see one of the new pounds in the wild :(. The 1983 etc UK is sort of a 'standard' design, making all the others 'special', but it's really the rarer ones that i'd consider special enough to describe as special. tom -- That must be one of the best things you can possibly do with a piglet, booze and a cannon. -- D |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
l.co.uk... In article , (Tom Anderson) wrote: You're just calling a design special because of lower mintage quantities in years they were current. In fact by that definition the same design will be special and non-special because of fluctuations in mintage between years. -- I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
In article ,
() wrote: "Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message l.co.uk... In article , (Tom Anderson) wrote: You're just calling a design special because of lower mintage quantities in years they were current. In fact by that definition the same design will be special and non-special because of fluctuations in mintage between years. I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. £1? I don't think I've ever seen them. I know there are endless £2 commemorative designs. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message l.co.uk... In article , () wrote: "Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message l.co.uk... In article , (Tom Anderson) wrote: You're just calling a design special because of lower mintage quantities in years they were current. In fact by that definition the same design will be special and non-special because of fluctuations in mintage between years. I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. £1? I don't think I've ever seen them. I know there are endless £2 commemorative designs. They're there. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
In article ,
says... "Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message l.co.uk... In article , (Tom Anderson) wrote: You're just calling a design special because of lower mintage quantities in years they were current. In fact by that definition the same design will be special and non-special because of fluctuations in mintage between years. -- I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. Wembley Stadium? It's the Gateshead Millennium Bridge! |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
In article ,
[wake up to reply] (Jim Brittin) wrote: In article , says... "Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message l.co.uk... In article , (Tom Anderson) wrote: You're just calling a design special because of lower mintage quantities in years they were current. In fact by that definition the same design will be special and non-special because of fluctuations in mintage between years. I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. Wembley Stadium? It's the Gateshead Millennium Bridge! So there is only one 2007 £1 coin design, just like every other year? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
(Colin Rosenstiel) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying: I am referring to those coins which have obverses specific to one year, such as the Wembley Stadium coins, for 2007. That's what I was refrring to, and that is what I was asking about. Wembley Stadium? It's the Gateshead Millennium Bridge! So there is only one 2007 £1 coin design, just like every other year? Yes. The illustration of the "winking" Gateshead bridge could easily be mistaken for Wembley Stadium... http://www.royalmint.gov.uk/Corporat...ge/CoinDesign/ OnePoundCoin.aspx |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 15 Jun, 17:08, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote: In article , () wrote: I have noticed lately that there appear to be much less coins 1- and 2-pound coins, plus 50-pence coins with special reverses in circulation. Is it becoming a trend for the general public to hoard these coins? Since all £1 coin reverses are "special" I'm not sure what you mean there. Some are more special than others! Have a butcher's: http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/dec1p.html IME, the 1983 etc all-UK reverse is far and away the most common one to come across. The mid-80s Scottish and Welsh are level-pegging in second place. The NI flax flower design is rarer, as is the English royal oak. The 1988 UK is really quite unusual to see. The mid-90s national designs and the bridges are now also pretty common - about the same as the 80s Scottish and Welsh, i'd say. I have yet to see one of the new pounds in the wild :(. The 1983 etc UK is sort of a 'standard' design, making all the others 'special', but it's really the rarer ones that i'd consider special enough to describe as special. The 1983 design had to replace every £1 note in circulation, so there's bound to be more of them. After that it would just be replacements for natural wastage (or whatever it's called). For a long time there were far more 1971 "copper" coins than any other year, but it's starting to even out now. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, MIG wrote:
On 15 Jun, 17:08, Tom Anderson wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote: In article , () wrote: I have noticed lately that there appear to be much less coins 1- and 2-pound coins, plus 50-pence coins with special reverses in circulation. Is it becoming a trend for the general public to hoard these coins? Since all £1 coin reverses are "special" I'm not sure what you mean there. Some are more special than others! Have a butcher's: http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/dec1p.html IME, the 1983 etc all-UK reverse is far and away the most common one to come across. The 1983 design had to replace every £1 note in circulation, so there's bound to be more of them. Aaaah, didn't think of that! After that it would just be replacements for natural wastage (or whatever it's called). It was re-issued in 1193, 1998, 2003 and 2008 (according to that site) - are you saying this was just to cover withdrawn or destructed 1983 coins? Why would they bother to replace like with like? tom -- Argumentative and pedantic, oh, yes. Although it's properly called "correct" -- Huge |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 11 Jun, 19:56, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:11:27 +0100, "Peter Masson" wrote: "Charles Ellson" wrote Crowns tended to be issued above face value in proof condition but the 1953 coins were IMU the first to be issued as part of a set of coins in "uncirculated" condition (as was the 1965 Churchill Crown). AFAIAA the 1953 uncirculated set was issued at or near face value so many (like my mother's) possibly disappeared/dispersed when there was an urgent need for cash. When were crowns last minted as normal currency, as opposed to commemoratives? That might be down to interpretation. The last intentionally-regular issues for general circulation seem to have been after the 1887 Royal Jubilee. Since then have been mostly commemorative issues but even before Victoria's time they don't seem to have been established as an "everyday" issue. I suspect their size possibly clashed with some kind of practical threshold above which coins were inconvenient to carry or handle. Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 16 Jun, 23:22, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, MIG wrote: On 15 Jun, 17:08, Tom Anderson wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote: In article , () wrote: I have noticed lately that there appear to be much less coins 1- and 2-pound coins, plus 50-pence coins with special reverses in circulation. Is it becoming a trend for the general public to hoard these coins? Since all £1 coin reverses are "special" I'm not sure what you mean there. Some are more special than others! Have a butcher's: http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/dec1p.html IME, the 1983 etc all-UK reverse is far and away the most common one to come across. The 1983 design had to replace every £1 note in circulation, so there's bound to be more of them. Aaaah, didn't think of that! After that it would just be replacements for natural wastage (or whatever it's called). It was re-issued in 1193, 1998, 2003 and 2008 (according to that site) - are you saying this was just to cover withdrawn or destructed 1983 coins? Why would they bother to replace like with like? Presumably just to replace pounds rather than specific ones. I don't know how the number of coins needed per year is calculated. It seems to assume a vast number getting lost or destroyed, but I don't know to what extent the total amount of currency in circulation varies from year to year or how it could be monitored in any case. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 14 Jun, 21:08, wrote:
"sweller" wrote in message ... wrote: The Channel Islands still have one-pound notes in regular circulation, incidentally. I refer to both Guernsey and Jersey. So does the Isle of Man - I got a couple in change when I was there for the TT this year. Really? I was under the impression that they had been completely replaced with pound coins, because I never saw or received any in change when I visited. What about other dependencies or colonies that have their currency pegged to the pound sterling? Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Stephen Allcroft" wrote Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. It is only slightly smaller than the pre-decimal sixpence, which was a pretty popular coin. The silver threepence was smaller, and it was unpopular (and not infrequently got swallowed in Christmas pudding). One of the reasons why it was replaced with the twelve-sided brass coin was that people wouldn't use it to pay bus fares, so bus conductors ended up with vast quantities of pennies, to the extent that London Transport handled in the 1930s about 600 tons per year of 'copper' coins. Peter |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Stephen Allcroft" wrote Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm Peter |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:16:15 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Allcroft
wrote: On 11 Jun, 19:56, Charles Ellson wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:11:27 +0100, "Peter Masson" wrote: "Charles Ellson" wrote Crowns tended to be issued above face value in proof condition but the 1953 coins were IMU the first to be issued as part of a set of coins in "uncirculated" condition (as was the 1965 Churchill Crown). AFAIAA the 1953 uncirculated set was issued at or near face value so many (like my mother's) possibly disappeared/dispersed when there was an urgent need for cash. When were crowns last minted as normal currency, as opposed to commemoratives? That might be down to interpretation. The last intentionally-regular issues for general circulation seem to have been after the 1887 Royal Jubilee. Since then have been mostly commemorative issues but even before Victoria's time they don't seem to have been established as an "everyday" issue. I suspect their size possibly clashed with some kind of practical threshold above which coins were inconvenient to carry or handle. Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:02:36 +0100, "Peter Masson"
wrote: "Stephen Allcroft" wrote Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of England does. Really? When did they stop? They certainly used to issue a £100 note. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"James Farrar" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:02:36 +0100, "Peter Masson" wrote: "Stephen Allcroft" wrote Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of England does. Really? When did they stop? They certainly used to issue a £100 note. Last issued in 1943. Ceased to be legal tender in 1945. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...uide/index.htm Peter |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Stephen Allcroft" wrote in message
... Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. Have you ever seen a Dutch 10-cent coin? They were smaller than the 5p coins, IIRC. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"James Farrar" wrote in message
... Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. Is there any estimate on how much in coins people are hoarding? |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Peter Masson" wrote in message
... "Stephen Allcroft" wrote Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound notes (issued by private banks). Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm ??? The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for $100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson. But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting banknotes from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due because of hyper inflation. Speaking of the BoE's Website, is there a tentative schedule for when other F series banknotes are to be introduced? I also seem to recall that there are coins with completely different reverses for all denominations starting from this year. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
wrote in message ... "Peter Masson" wrote The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by Bank of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued notes for GBP1 million and GBP100 million. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm ??? The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for $100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson. But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting banknotes from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due because of hyper inflation. It's mentioned on this page. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm I like the point that the GBP1 million and GBP100 million notes are 'not for general circulation.' Peter |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
In message , Peter Masson
writes "Stephen Allcroft" wrote Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. It is only slightly smaller than the pre-decimal sixpence, which was a pretty popular coin. The silver threepence was smaller, and it was unpopular (and not infrequently got swallowed in Christmas pudding). One of the reasons why it was replaced with the twelve-sided brass coin was that people wouldn't use it to pay bus fares, so bus conductors ended up with vast quantities of pennies, to the extent that London Transport handled in the 1930s about 600 tons per year of 'copper' coins. At infant school in 1969-70 our playtime milk break[1] biscuits cost 3d. We were only allowed to pay for them with a single 3d coin, NOT we were told in no uncertain terms, in three pennies, as teachers "didn't have time to count them all"! Could you imagine today's press angle on that?! [1] This all seems very archaic now. ;-) -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:55:59 +0100, wrote:
"James Farrar" wrote in message .. . Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. Is there any estimate on how much in coins people are hoarding? If you believe this American eco-nut, somewhere in the order of £400 million. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/artic...vironment.html "According to the research I was able to do, in Ireland, approximately $60 million of coins are being hoarded. In the UK it's somewhere in the region of three quarters of a billion dollars worth!" Sounds reasonable. Right now I've got about £6 not counting the "in use" ones. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Ian Jelf" wrote in message ... At infant school in 1969-70 our playtime milk break[1] biscuits cost 3d. We were only allowed to pay for them with a single 3d coin, NOT we were told in no uncertain terms, in three pennies, as teachers "didn't have time to count them all"! Could you imagine today's press angle on that?! [1] This all seems very archaic now. ;-) -- Perhaps they thought that it would be easier for the pupils to keep track of one coin, rather than two or three? |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 18 Jun, 07:59, James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:55:59 +0100, wrote: "James Farrar" wrote in message .. . Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. Is there any estimate on how much in coins people are hoarding? If you believe this American eco-nut, somewhere in the order of £400 million. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/artic...ding-and-the-e... "According to the research I was able to do, in Ireland, approximately $60 million of coins are being hoarded. In the UK it's somewhere in the region of three quarters of a billion dollars worth!" Sounds reasonable. Right now I've got about £6 not counting the "in use" ones. A few years ago I had got into the habit of chucking all my brown money into a box. I didn't know what to do with it till Sainsburys provided a machine to count it and give you a receipt that you could take to the till for the equivalent in sensible denominations (minus an outrageous 7%). The problem was that I could barely pick up the money and had to put it in a large rucksack to get it there. I got over £80 even with the ripoff. But it would require about 9 million people to do something similar to add up to the three quarters of a (presumably American) billion suggested. I am not one of them any more. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On 18 Jun, 12:58, MIG wrote:
On 18 Jun, 07:59, James Farrar wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:55:59 +0100, wrote: "James Farrar" wrote in message .. . Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. Is there any estimate on how much in coins people are hoarding? If you believe this American eco-nut, somewhere in the order of £400 million. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/artic...ding-and-the-e... "According to the research I was able to do, in Ireland, approximately $60 million of coins are being hoarded. In the UK it's somewhere in the region of three quarters of a billion dollars worth!" Sounds reasonable. Right now I've got about £6 not counting the "in use" ones. A few years ago I had got into the habit of chucking all my brown money into a box. I didn't know what to do with it till Sainsburys provided a machine to count it and give you a receipt that you could take to the till for the equivalent in sensible denominations (minus an outrageous 7%). The problem was that I could barely pick up the money and had to put it in a large rucksack to get it there. *I got over £80 even with the ripoff. But it would require about 9 million people to do something similar to add up to the three quarters of a (presumably American) billion suggested. *I am not one of them any more. Oops I meant American billion (ie nine zeros instead of twelve), but not American currency. That would make it a few less people needed. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"MIG" wrote in message ... A few years ago I had got into the habit of chucking all my brown money into a box. I didn't know what to do with it till Sainsburys provided a machine to count it and give you a receipt that you could take to the till for the equivalent in sensible denominations (minus an outrageous 7%). The problem was that I could barely pick up the money and had to put it in a large rucksack to get it there. I got over £80 even with the ripoff. But it would require about 9 million people to do something similar to add up to the three quarters of a (presumably American) billion suggested. I am not one of them any more. *** Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:14 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 14:35:13 on Wed, 18 Jun 2008, remarked: Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? Last time I did that they almost threw me out. But seeing as there wasn't a queue they counted it and accepted it and told me not to do it again. I think they normally require bulk change sorted, bagged and weighed, which they can then quickly check by re-weighing. Which is what I do. Because I'm nice like that :-) They want 100 pennies, 50 tuppences or 100 five pence pieces in a bag. Not sure above that. You can get the bags from any high street bank and I've never had a problem with using the "wrong" bank's bag... |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:58:08 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote: On 18 Jun, 07:59, James Farrar wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:55:59 +0100, wrote: "James Farrar" wrote in message .. . Todays 5p IMHO clashes with the lower threshold where coins are too small to be convenient to handle. They're almost impossible to pick up when dropped on a hard floor without long fingernails. I've taken to hoarding them, along with pennies and tuppences, and exchanging them at the bank when I have a bagful. Is there any estimate on how much in coins people are hoarding? If you believe this American eco-nut, somewhere in the order of £400 million. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/artic...ding-and-the-e... "According to the research I was able to do, in Ireland, approximately $60 million of coins are being hoarded. In the UK it's somewhere in the region of three quarters of a billion dollars worth!" Sounds reasonable. Right now I've got about £6 not counting the "in use" ones. A few years ago I had got into the habit of chucking all my brown money into a box. I didn't know what to do with it till Sainsburys provided a machine to count it and give you a receipt that you could take to the till for the equivalent in sensible denominations (minus an outrageous 7%). The problem was that I could barely pick up the money and had to put it in a large rucksack to get it there. I got over £80 even with the ripoff. But it would require about 9 million people to do something similar to add up to the three quarters of a (presumably American) billion suggested. I am not one of them any more. £400 million, say 50 million people old enough to have coins (I have no idea of the population age distribution but 40 million seems too low and 60 million too high) makes for an average of £8 per person. It could be a total figure for coins held by people (rather than shops/banks) including "in use" coins, I suppose. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"James Farrar" wrote in message ... On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:14 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 14:35:13 on Wed, 18 Jun 2008, remarked: Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? Last time I did that they almost threw me out. But seeing as there wasn't a queue they counted it and accepted it and told me not to do it again. I think they normally require bulk change sorted, bagged and weighed, which they can then quickly check by re-weighing. Which is what I do. Because I'm nice like that :-) They want 100 pennies, 50 tuppences or 100 five pence pieces in a bag. Not sure above that. You can get the bags from any high street bank and I've never had a problem with using the "wrong" bank's bag... Banks and post offices weigh the money (which must be in the prescribed amount for the bag, £1 for 'copper', £5 for 'silver' and £ 20 for £1/£2 coins), and only count them if there is a discrepancy between the actual weight and the norm. Bags seem to be in a 'pool', and I've never had problems with the wrong sort of bag in all the years I've done it. In the days of telephone stamps, the change used to serve to buy these, taking some of the sting out of paying the quarterly bill. Brian |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
wrote: Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? Banks vary quite a bit on this. When I first got a current account in 1992 one of the considerations was the ability to pay in loose coins. Even then some banks wouldn't take them out of hours. Now even my bank is switching its payin machines from "deposit an envelope" to "feed in the notes and cheques" with no cash option. What the heck are people meant to do with their loose change? Buy sweets. I used to accumulate coppers, and then have to deal with paying them in. Then i realised i could just accumulate them in my pocket up to the sum of 10p, then use them to replace a 10p coin in my next transaction. These days, i rarely own more than a few coppers. tom -- forget everything from school - you are programmer |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"BH Williams" wrote You can get the bags from any high street bank and I've never had a problem with using the "wrong" bank's bag... Banks and post offices weigh the money (which must be in the prescribed amount for the bag, £1 for 'copper', £5 for 'silver' and £ 20 for £1/£2 coins), and only count them if there is a discrepancy between the actual weight and the norm. Bags seem to be in a 'pool', and I've never had problems with the wrong sort of bag in all the years I've done it. £10 for 20p or 50p coins. If you are paying coins in, and haven't got a full bag, they can still weigh what you've got, and only seem to resort to counting if there aren't very many coins. They do, though, like you to separate different denominations. Peter |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"James Farrar" wrote in message
... On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:14 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 14:35:13 on Wed, 18 Jun 2008, remarked: Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? Last time I did that they almost threw me out. But seeing as there wasn't a queue they counted it and accepted it and told me not to do it again. I think they normally require bulk change sorted, bagged and weighed, which they can then quickly check by re-weighing. Which is what I do. Because I'm nice like that :-) They want 100 pennies, 50 tuppences or 100 five pence pieces in a bag. Not sure above that. You can get the bags from any high street bank and I've never had a problem with using the "wrong" bank's bag... I would imagine that this is what banks expect you to do. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message ... wrote: Is it not possible to take the money to bank, particularly where one might have an account, rather than to go through one of those counting machines? Banks vary quite a bit on this. When I first got a current account in 1992 one of the considerations was the ability to pay in loose coins. Even then some banks wouldn't take them out of hours. Now even my bank is switching its payin machines from "deposit an envelope" to "feed in the notes and cheques" with no cash option. Beats having to stand in queue. What the heck are people meant to do with their loose change? Debit cards haven't totally taken over the universe yet. Spend it or save it, I guess. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:57:00 +0100, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote: Banks vary quite a bit on this. When I first got a current account in 1992 one of the considerations was the ability to pay in loose coins. Even then some banks wouldn't take them out of hours. Now even my bank is switching its payin machines from "deposit an envelope" to "feed in the notes and cheques" with no cash option. Go to the counter? What the heck are people meant to do with their loose change? Debit cards haven't totally taken over the universe yet. With a bit of effort, it's easy to minimise the amount of it you produce by taking the time (it doesn't take that long!) to pay with exact change when you have it. This wasn't my habit before, but when I spent a year living in Germany I found most shop assistants would insist on it if at all possible, so as I was in the habit I stuck with it. I do have a small change jar (1p and 2p mainly) but it only ends up with a few in a week. On another note, though, I would like to see the abolition of the 1p and 2p coins as the Dutch have done with the 1 and 2 euro-cent coins. There is hardly a need for them these days. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
In message , Neil Williams
writes On another note, though, I would like to see the abolition of the 1p and 2p coins as the Dutch have done with the 1 and 2 euro-cent coins. There is hardly a need for them these days. Are they allowed to do that when they are valid elsewhere in the EU? -- Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building. You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK (please use the reply to address for email) |
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