Talk:Sixpence (British coin)

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[edit] Acceptance of sixpences in the 1970s

"As time went on, though, and the inflation of the 1970s eroded the value and utility of the coin, only banks were likely to readily accept them."

This doesn't make sense. Sixpences were worth 2 1/2 new pence, and in the 1970s there was even a half penny (worth one fifth of the sixpence) that was generally accepted. I can't remember now how common sixpences were in the 1970s, but if there was any difficulty getting them accepted it can't have been purely due to the low value of the coin. If indeed "only banks were likely to readily accept them" then a different reason is needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.136.114 (talk) 23:27, 7 July 2007

Indeed, I can remember shops still happily accepting tanners into 1980. They also continued to be in circulation because in some rural areas, some of the public telephones were still using the sixpence, with the last few being converted in 1979. The publicity around the demonetisation of the tanner was certainly prominent, which, if it was largely no longer accepted, it need not have been. EmleyMoor 11:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Value of the Sixpence in Regency England

A question please. In a recent biography of Peter Mark Roget the following sentence appears: "The newstand price of the new four-page broadsheets such as the Manchester Gazette was typically a hefty sixpence - roughly $20 today." This is circa 1805-1810. What am I missing here? Twenty of today's dollars for a four page newspaper. I guess the circulation was rather limited. Alvmitchel (talk) 14:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)