What will the Scottish currency be called?
Mar 1st 2014, 4:00 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
Sterling.
Mar 1st 2014, 4:32 pm
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Mar 1st 2014, 4:36 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
We used to get work in the Glasgow area, and out of town estates. It's not a great place to be working as an insurance fraud PI. The Scott's can sniff out the English, usually the only guy in the street wi out a can of Tennants super T or white lightning in ya hand. !! 
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Mar 1st 2014, 4:49 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
The "och aye"
Mar 1st 2014, 5:05 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
It'll be the Salmond and it'll be his picture on the bank notes and stamps too. He'll probably also be president for life.
Mar 1st 2014, 5:31 pm
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Mar 1st 2014, 7:18 pm
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Mar 2nd 2014, 6:01 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
The Newwww, totaly worthless.
Mar 2nd 2014, 6:54 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
Soon it maybe the Ruble
Mar 3rd 2014, 10:24 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
It'll be a merk, like the old days.
http://www.thereformation.info/old_scottish_money.htm
Scottish sterling
1 penny or doyt 1/12th d
2 pennies 1 bodle 1/6thd
2 bodles 1 plack or groat 1/3rd d
3 placks 1 bawbee * 1/2 d
12 pennies 1 shilling 1 d
20 shillings 1 pound 20 d
13 shillings and 4 pennies 1 merk or mark 13 d
18 merks or marks, or 12 pounds Scots £1 st.
* the bawbee was originally a copper coin worth 1/2 pence; in Mary QoS time it was three pence Scots money, and later raised to six pennies.
http://www.thereformation.info/old_scottish_money.htm
Scottish sterling
1 penny or doyt 1/12th d
2 pennies 1 bodle 1/6thd
2 bodles 1 plack or groat 1/3rd d
3 placks 1 bawbee * 1/2 d
12 pennies 1 shilling 1 d
20 shillings 1 pound 20 d
13 shillings and 4 pennies 1 merk or mark 13 d
18 merks or marks, or 12 pounds Scots £1 st.
* the bawbee was originally a copper coin worth 1/2 pence; in Mary QoS time it was three pence Scots money, and later raised to six pennies.
Ah now I understand that Scottish kids nursery rhyme with "wee bawbee" in it, learn something new every day..
Mar 3rd 2014, 10:42 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
Mar 3rd 2014, 10:45 pm
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
There's a song called 'crookit bawbee' too, lol.
http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
Mar 3rd 2014, 10:50 pm
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Mar 3rd 2014, 11:38 pm
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Mar 4th 2014, 2:02 am
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