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====== Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing ====== | ====== Fourpence Halfpenny Farthing ====== | ||
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partners turn.</code> | partners turn.</code> | ||
+ | (The title means 4 (old) pennies + 1/2 penny + 1/4 penny. In 1970 just before | ||
+ | the currency changed this was slightly less than a US nickle, or slightly less | ||
+ | than 2p in modern British currency. What its buying power was in 1709 I do not know) | ||
+ | Apparently there was an old ballad where people negotiated sexual favors for 4¾d. | ||
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+ | Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRX75aDgv-s | ||
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+ | Four Pence Ha'penny Farthing #2 (different steps): | ||
+ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCz8DQiejQ | ||