Getting rid of coins
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Having accumulated way too much change I checked out the coinstar machine in asda. I took one jar in (of about 30-ish I'm guessing I could fill) - 2*£2, 89*£1, 94*50p, 114*20p, 112*10p, 37*5p, 5*2p, 23*1p = £178.18. The coinstar machine took a £15.86 service charge plus I had to wait ages at the till while they found the notes to give me in return for the voucher. I've heard some HSBC branches might have deposit machines that do it for free, so going to try and find one in Manchester that's open Saturdays. I've heard the St Annes Sq one is but haven't been to check yet. Either way at least I'll hopefully be able to see the floor of my flat again soon :)
Ha! I know this trick question. The answer is £150.83 because a pound and a quid are the same thing!
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viaducting wrote:
You could just give it to me instead of giving it to someone who already has more money than they can ever spend.
How much would you charge for the service?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Three guineas per pound.
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viaducting wrote:
You could just give it to me instead of giving it to someone who already has more money than they can ever spend.
How much would you charge for the service?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I don't know about viaducting but I don't charge for service of taking money
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Ok, so basically... Pound -> Dollar Crown > Half dollar (50 cents) Shilling -> Nickel (5 cents) Penny -> 1/12 Shillings ~= 0.417 cents Farthing = 1/4 Pennies ~= 0.104 cents Good thing you didn't have computers back when a farthing could actually buy something, huh?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)We did - the farthing was abolished in January 1961 All this old money (and months) is one of the reasons the old punch cards worked in duodecimal, rather than decimal or a multiple of two (AFAIK - the 5081 format was invented before my time (in the nineteen twenties) although punch cards in some format were first used in 1725 for controlling mechanical looms)
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Hasn't the Mint just started making steel 5p and 10p pieces because of this?
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We did - the farthing was abolished in January 1961 All this old money (and months) is one of the reasons the old punch cards worked in duodecimal, rather than decimal or a multiple of two (AFAIK - the 5081 format was invented before my time (in the nineteen twenties) although punch cards in some format were first used in 1725 for controlling mechanical looms)
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
OriginalGriff wrote:
punch cards in some format were first used in 1725 for controlling mechanical looms
Ask Henry about that, bought a Jacquard Bell machine.
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2 Farthings to the Ha'p'ney. 2 Ha'p'ney's to the Penny. 3 Pennies to the Thruppeny Bit. 2 Thruppeny Bits to the Sixpence. 2 Sixpences to the Shilling. 5 Shillings to the Half Crown. 2 Half Crowns to the Crown. 2 Crowns to the Pound. 1 Pound and a Shilling to a Guinea. Simple, why did we have to change it, that's what I want to know!
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Dalek Dave wrote:
2 Farthings to the Ha'p'ney. 2 Ha'p'ney's to the Penny. 3 Pennies to the Thruppeny Bit. 2 Thruppeny Bits to the Sixpence. 2 Sixpences to the Shilling. 5 Shillings to the Half Crown. 2 Half Crowns to the Crown. 2 Crowns to the Pound. 1 Pound and a Shilling to a Guinea.
You forgot 6 Pounds to the Illoctopi
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
2 Farthings to the Ha'p'ney. 2 Ha'p'ney's to the Penny. 3 Pennies to the Thruppeny Bit. 2 Thruppeny Bits to the Sixpence. 2 Sixpences to the Shilling. 5 Shillings to the Half Crown. 2 Half Crowns to the Crown. 2 Crowns to the Pound. 1 Pound and a Shilling to a Guinea.
You forgot 6 Pounds to the Illoctopi
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
punch cards in some format were first used in 1725 for controlling mechanical looms
Ask Henry about that, bought a Jacquard Bell machine.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Ask Henry about that, bought a Jacquard Bell machine.
I see they changed the name slightly, if not the technology...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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Ok, so basically... Pound -> Dollar Crown > Half dollar (50 cents) Shilling -> Nickel (5 cents) Penny -> 1/12 Shillings ~= 0.417 cents Farthing = 1/4 Pennies ~= 0.104 cents Good thing you didn't have computers back when a farthing could actually buy something, huh?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Eeee when I were a lad, the Half Crown was known as a "'alf a doller" because at the time the Crown was roughly 1 dollar. $1 = £4.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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OriginalGriff wrote:
punch cards in some format were first used in 1725 for controlling mechanical looms
Ask Henry about that, bought a Jacquard Bell machine.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
Ask Henry about that, bought a Jacquard Bell machine.
Only once. The shuttle kept failing and I lost count of how many times we had to take it back to Loom World, and we all know what their service is like!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Have you not considered a better option? Spending them. That way there is no counting fee and no lugging them around town on a Saturday morning.
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lol I tend to accumulate them a lot quicker than I can spend them. Most of its is change from nights out and although I can take a few coins most of the money comes out of cash machines and I have a habit of using notes to pay rather than counting out the coins.
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Most banks now have direct coin deposits. Pour in the coins and it credits your account. Without any charges.
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Yes going to try this soon once I've confirmed the branch I think has one does, and I can access it at night or weekends.
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I buy pretty much everything on credit or debit card. The exceptions are bus fare, taxi fare and most pubs/clubs which tend not to take them.
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Eeee when I were a lad, the Half Crown was known as a "'alf a doller" because at the time the Crown was roughly 1 dollar. $1 = £4.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
$1 = £4.
Are you sure? I think there is a case of Cart before Horse. Surely $4 = £1.
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Plastic is for medium/large purchases... Cash is for small ones. Then again, I do recall one instance of a friend of mine using a credit card to buy a pack of chewing gum... That was... really odd.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I use them to pay at McDonalds. The machine authorizes them pretty much instantly so its a lot quicker than counting change etc, plus I can generate big mac consumption reports etc.
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Melt them all down, create modern art sculpture from them, sell for more than value of coins. ;P
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
You're probably right. I think it's actually illegal to melt them down now because of this.
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I use them to pay at McDonalds. The machine authorizes them pretty much instantly so its a lot quicker than counting change etc, plus I can generate big mac consumption reports etc.
Dave Parker wrote:
plus I can generate big mac consumption reports etc
Can't you just count the notches in your belt, see which ones are no longer used?
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Henry Minute wrote:
$1 = £4.
Are you sure? I think there is a case of Cart before Horse. Surely $4 = £1.
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:-O Silly me! BTW Do you need a part time book keeper? I've still got some I forgot to return to the Public Library.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Hasn't the Mint just started making steel 5p and 10p pieces because of this?
