... precious metal in them was not worth that much but you didn't argue with Henry if you valued your head. Consquently the new currency got off to a bad start and people have never used the coins as ready money since. Which is a pity because crowns have always ...

... banknotes were owned only by the very rich. Changed Times, as I say, have changed. Between the bad old days and now new currencies have been issued, governments have risen and fallen . . . and the fallen ones left behind a lot of money which was worth ...