{"id":82781,"date":"2018-03-15T17:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T10:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-will-the-penny-drop-we-dont-need-pennies-any-more\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T19:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:03:07","slug":"when-will-the-penny-drop-we-dont-need-pennies-any-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-will-the-penny-drop-we-dont-need-pennies-any-more\/","title":{"rendered":"When will the penny drop? We don\u2019t need pennies any more"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe government\u2019s hasty U-turn means we get to keep coppers, but no one would have missed themSkilfully guiding a 2p down the chute of a coin-pushing machine at a Clacton amusement arcade is an abiding childhood memory. So, too, is the high-stakes Christmas card game where we would bet with piles of 1p coins taken from my father\u2019s Bell\u2019s Whisky bottle. And of course we should never have stuffed ourselves silly with 1p pink shrimp and 2p spongy banana sweets made from nothing known to nature.The idea that 1p and 2p coins could go the way of the farthing prompted an orgy of nostalgia \u2013 and a swift government U-turn. Maybe some people have never recovered from the withdrawal of the half-pence coin in December 1984. The entire shove ha\u2019penny industry must have collapsed overnight. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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