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Here are the threepenny coins or 'threepenny bits' that were in use in the 1960s: the George VI and Elizabeth II versions, along with a Jersey threepence from 1966 commemorating 900 years since the Norman conquest
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Coins of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland - reverse
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Coins of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland - obverse
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Queen Victoria pennies and half pennies worn smooth and very thin from more than 70 years of hard use. These coins turned up in pocket change in the 1960s.
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The tiny silver threepence (seen here from 1932, 1941 and 1917) remained in circulation until 1971 alongside the unprepossessing threepenny bit of Elizabeth II
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Very similar Norwegian and Swedish coins from 1914 and 1907. The Swedish krona is subdivided into 100 öre. Norway’s krone is subdivided into 100 øre, which have existed only electronically since 2012. PS: Norway became independent from Sweden in 1905.
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Queen Victoria young head and old head pennies. These were in circulation in the UK until 1971. They were fine pieces of metal.
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Eight English pennies from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, which were all in circulation until 1971. They are large, and of varying thicknesses and colourings, they are oxidised and tarnished. Some are worn thin from extensive use. Seen here with
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Tanners under three monarchs
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Palestine - one mil (1941) Bronze coin