> They weren't here either (in my lifetime) but they were issued for 
> commemoration, and they were legal tender.  When I was working in a 
> petrol
> station as a student, someone came in and said "can I have 50p of 
> petrol (it was a *long* time ago!) and pay with these?" and held out 
> two Churchill
> Crowns.  "Of course" says I, "they're legal tender" and proceeded to 
> dispense said fuel, pocketed the crowns and put 50p of my own in the 
> till.  It
> would only have complicated the cashing-up procedure if I hadn't - 
> there was no place to record Crowns on the cash sheet!  ;-)  I still 
> have them,
> somewhere...

I wonder where he (presumably) stole them from? :-)


        Russell 

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