Quote Originally Posted by Malckent View Post
Ha yes they were quite heavy coins. Even though the five shilling piece was legal tender I never saw any in circulation. I do however own a few, one of them with Winston Churchill on I do believe it came out when he died. Can also remember the farthings and three penny bit. What an old codger.
I don’t remember farthings but they disappeared a fair time before the threepenny bit.