Fifteen shillings and ninepence. Back then it would buy quite a lot: probably a day's pay for my dad. Now it would not even by a small cup of coffee. Well, not at face value anyway. It is about 1.45 ounces of silver.
The Bahamas with Liz II on the obverse and the Santa Maria on the reverse Twenty-five years of Indian independence
Ceylon. 5 cents 1870, copper, weight - 18,6 g., size - 34 mm, thickness - 2,5 mm, mintage - 7009000 pcs. Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon. Such coins were released at 1870 & 1890-92.
Just five total. 1873 Half Penny 1884 Farthing 1929 6 Pence 1971 1/2 Penny 1971 2 Pence Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk