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Message:: [QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1367842, member: 4910"]"My tail's for sale. Half-a-crown will lay me down!" The line is from Kathleen Winsor's infamous 1944 historical novel"Forever Amber", which was set in England during the Restoration period ofKing Charles II, approximately 1660-1670. The novel was a best seller, and was denounced as obscene in many places.The book had episodes set during a black plague epidemic and the London fire.I had read the book many years ago and again a few months ago. The main character, young and beautiful Amber St. Clare, decides toimprove her lot in society by attaching herself to successively wealther men. She finally becomes a mistress of Charles II. On her way up, Amber has a brief career as a stage actress,and during one performance, she wonders why people are laughing at herwhen she turns around. She discovers that someone has pinned a sign to the back of her dress which reads"My tail's for sale. Half-a-crown will lay me down!". Probably a strange reason for wanting a coin but I just had to have one: <img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_greatbritain_hc1_1663.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Great Britain Charles II Half Crown 1663Diameter 33mmWeight 14.32gm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]