New £50 note

[vetran]

The £20 is the most common Bank of England note in circulation, with 1.55 billion notes in circulation worth £31bn.

surely a tenner? I'm not sure where the twenty is used but I always have a few tenners in my wallet.

 

[TimberWolf]

I use 'em to light the gold-plated crack pipe. Obviously only when I'm economising.

I hesitate to enquire what a gold plated crack pipe is.

 

[TimberWolf]

The might as well get rid of coppers now. The 2p piece is enormous and practically useless.

Interesting factette: The 20p and 50p pieces have a fixed diameter but not a fixed radius.

Curve of constant width - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Zippy]

I hesitate to enquire what a gold plated crack pipe is.

Really? That so doesn't sound like you. I've always thought of you as a decisive, politically incorrect kind of poster.

 

[TimberWolf]

Really? That so doesn't sound like you. I've always thought of you as a decisive, politically incorrect kind of poster.

Ah, you didn't get my joke then. Unless you are triple bluffing in which case I'm bluffing^4.

 

[Zippy]

Ah, you didn't get my joke then. Unless you are triple bluffing in which case I'm bluffing^4.

Your mum ^5

 

[d000hg]

The might as well get rid of coppers now. The 2p piece is enormous and practically useless.

Interesting factette: The 20p and 50p pieces have a fixed diameter but not a fixed radius.

Curve of constant width - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Our coppers aren't totally useless. They still have 1¢ coins in the US which IS pointless though.

2ps are good for those games at the arcade where you try to win more 2ps.

 

[Paddy]

Our coppers aren't totally useless. They still have 1¢ coins in the US which IS pointless though.

2ps are good for those games at the arcade where you try to win more 2ps.

I have a 2p and 10p one armed bandit in my hallway. Always keeps visitors occupied.

 

[NickFitz]

I have a 2p and 10p one armed bandit in my hallway. Always keeps visitors occupied.

Do you give them a plastic cup of instant coffee if they stay more than half-an-hour?

 

[AtW]

What I find interesting that not just inventor (Watt) who gets to be on the banknote but also the person who financed him!