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MCC | 07:59 Fri 18th May 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Can anyone explain why 20 down - "Cheap at a tanner (8-9) - seems to be "twopenny-halfpenny"? I get the "cheap" bit, and the sterling connection, but is there something else I'm missing?
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In old �sd sixpence - tanner was worth 2.5 New Pence maybe.
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Of course! Thanks very much, JJ - that was really bugging me. (It's not like I'm too young to remember decimalisation ......)

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