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Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

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To: westpacific who wrote (30675)5/24/2005 1:17:02 PM
From: Tommaso  Read Replies (1) of 116555
 
>>>The sixpence stemmed from the custom of cutting a silver penny in six equal pieces for small purchases. <<<

That doesn't sound right. A sixpence was "six pennies," equal in value to six pennies, which were silver to start with, copper starting in the 19th century.

But I haven't looked it up, I admit.

Now I have:

silver6pence.com

tclayton.demon.co.uk

I am not sure that guy really knows anything about currencies.
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