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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 6628692, member: 12789&quot;][ATTACH=full]1267650[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;The Scots &quot;bawbee&quot; became the ha&#039;penny up until decimalisation in 1971.&nbsp; When Scotland and England became the United Kingdom in 1707 all Scots silver and gold coinage was recalled and melted in Edinburgh to become the new &quot;British&quot; coinage - but the bronze issues like the Scots tuppence and the Scots sixpence soldiered on in circulation as farthings and halfpennies well into the mid to late 18th century as there was always a shortage of small coin in Scotland so you used whatever you could.&nbsp; Curiously the tuppence as a farthing was overvaluing the coin - it was actually worth a third of a halfpenny and not a half of a halfpenny.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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