Nestof3 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Nathan wants a set of play British money for Christmas. I found a set on Amazon, but the shipping was $21. Any other options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 All I could find was this printable page, http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/pdfs/Play_Coins_UK_Sterling.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Go to a local coin store, they frequently have boxes of foreign coins and bills that are sold for very little. You will not find many British Notes as they have a face value that makes them expensive but coins and notes from other nations are fairly cheap. Also try eBay you may find entire collections of notes for relatively little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Maybe Laura Corin will send you a Monopoly game! Then you'd have the money and the game. I dont' know what shipping would be or even if they have Pound notes instead of dollars but I'd ck into that. Maybe not LC but Amazon UK or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 When the girls were little they had a wooden cash register that came with play Euros... don't know what to do about Pounds... :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Nathan wants a set of play British money for Christmas. I found a set on Amazon, but the shipping was $21. Any other options? Do you mean current British money or old British money (i.e., shillings, etc)? My eldest two would like old English money. I saw a game several years ago which used old English money; but, I can't remember the name of it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Do you mean current British money or old British money (i.e., shillings, etc)? My eldest two would like old English money. I saw a game several years ago which used old English money; but, I can't remember the name of it right now. You know, he'd probably like old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) You know, he'd probably like old. The currency changed during my childhood; children of today don't know how it used to work, so there won't be much call for play sets. The current currency is very similar to the US one: we don't have quarters, and we don't have 'names' for coins (dime, nickel) but it's a base-one-hundred system just like the US one. FWIW, there used to be twenty shillings in a pound and twelve pennies in a shilling. 'half crowns' were common currency, representing two shillings and sixpence. There were names for small coins: a 'tanner' was sixpence and a 'bob' was a shilling. When we decimalised, we carried on using some of the old coins as the new ones were introduced. A shilling was overnight worth five pence and a half crown was worth ten pence, IIRC. When I had a Saturday job in 1979, I had to be able to translate fluently between old and new money for the old ladies who would come into the bakery. Laura Edited December 12, 2010 by Laura Corin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Wow! Thank you, Laura, for all of the information. I guess I am stuck, then. The currency changed during my childhood; children of today don't know how it used to work, so there won't be much call for play sets. The current currency is very similar to the US one: we don't have quarters, and we don't have 'names' for coins (dime, nickel) but it's a base-one-hundred system just like the US one. FWIW, there used to be twenty shillings in a pound and twelve pennies in a shilling. 'half crowns' were common currency, representing two shillings and sixpence. There were names for small coins: a 'tanner' was sixpence and a 'bob' was a shilling. When we decimalised, we carried on using some of the old coins as the new ones were introduced. A shilling was overnight worth five pence and a half crown was worth ten pence, IIRC. When I had a Saturday job in 1979, I had to be able to translate fluently between old and new money for the old ladies who would come into the bakery. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 https://sslrelay.com/catalogue.ichthusresources.co.uk/subjects/mathematics/manipulativesandactivitybooks/britishplasticmoney.html If 'new' money is acceptable, then how about this? You'd need to email to find out how much postage would be, but they've always been very helpful when I've used http://www.ichthusresources.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?products_id=213 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 He said modern money is fine. The currency changed during my childhood; children of today don't know how it used to work, so there won't be much call for play sets. The current currency is very similar to the US one: we don't have quarters, and we don't have 'names' for coins (dime, nickel) but it's a base-one-hundred system just like the US one. FWIW, there used to be twenty shillings in a pound and twelve pennies in a shilling. 'half crowns' were common currency, representing two shillings and sixpence. There were names for small coins: a 'tanner' was sixpence and a 'bob' was a shilling. When we decimalised, we carried on using some of the old coins as the new ones were introduced. A shilling was overnight worth five pence and a half crown was worth ten pence, IIRC. When I had a Saturday job in 1979, I had to be able to translate fluently between old and new money for the old ladies who would come into the bakery. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) https://sslrelay.com/catalogue.ichthusresources.co.uk/subjects/mathematics/manipulativesandactivitybooks/britishplasticmoney.html If 'new' money is acceptable, then how about this? You'd need to email to find out how much postage would be, but they've always been very helpful when I've used www.ichthusresources.co.uk http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?products_id=213 Thanks! I love them both. Edited December 13, 2010 by nestof3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Nathan wants a set of play British money for Christmas. I found a set on Amazon, but the shipping was $21. Any other options? ESL site with printable money fron English speaking countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thanks! It was only $13.13 shipped here. I ordered last night, and they shipped today. :D https://sslrelay.com/catalogue.ichthusresources.co.uk/subjects/mathematics/manipulativesandactivitybooks/britishplasticmoney.html If 'new' money is acceptable, then how about this? You'd need to email to find out how much postage would be, but they've always been very helpful when I've used www.ichthusresources.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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