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Thread #8771 Message #4028359
Posted By: Joe_F
14-Jan-20 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Only a half-a-crown / Fifty Cents
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Only a half-a-crown / Fifty Cents
In my mother's version, which she probably learned about 1930, it was only 15 cents.
In my childhood (1940s) the pound was pegged at $4.03 for a long time & then suddenly devalued to $2.80. However, its traditional, folkloric value was $5.