Wednesday 1 July 2009

The Great Hunt.

According to newspaper reports several hundred thousand of the new twenty pence peices have gone into circulation with the date missing. It seems that the Royal Mint are prepared to pay fifty pounds a time for the return of these coins but that a collector has already paid five thousand pounds for one of them on eBay. I think we can all guess that everyone will be checking their change very closely from now on and that coat linings and the backs of sofas and the sides of armchairs will be getting special attention.

And if you walk into your local drinking hole and find noone serving at the bar it probably doesnt mean that they have succumbed to swine flu.

More likely they are out the back studying the twenty pences from their till under a magnifying glass.

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