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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wyvern, post: 1656121, member: 42577&quot;]there is a bit of history to these.i live in dorset south england the wealth of this county was built on the newfoundland trade.ships sailed from local ports,poole,weymouth,lyme regis to the boston area of new england taking new settlers and supplies.then sailed north to newfoundland bought salted fish,sailed to spain sold the fish to the catholics |(no meat on fridays)used some of the money to buy fruit,came back to dorset.sold the oranges etc.but the coins left over from the sale of fish went into circulation.people did not like spanish coins with the spanish king so the countermark was put on them.the full saying is in order to make the five shillings pass they put the head of a fool on the neck of a (mule )!!!!!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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