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Twas my birthday on Tuesday, I got given 2 shillings.

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DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5471
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Two shillings? Cheapskates!   ;)

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  • SNAKEBITESNAKEBITE Frets: 1075
    Did Bryan May put them in his birthday card to you?
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5471
    SNAKEBITE said:
    Did Bryan May put them in his birthday card to you?
    Well there's certainly a bit of Queen involved.
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    Cool idea. Are they really made of metal, or are they plastic that looks like metal ?
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5471
    edited April 2018
    Cool idea. Are they really made of metal, or are they plastic that looks like metal ?
    It's a real coin, an 1889 Florin from what I can gather.
    Tried playing with it earlier, it'll take getting used to the extra thickness/stiffness/weight but it certainly gives a different tone. 

    *EDIT* Saying that, it could be a repro impression for all I know. I'll need to ask.
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    @DiscoStu I'd be surprised if anyone would cut up a genuine florin. I quite like rigid picks, as the tighter you grip it the more attack you get to each note. With a soft pick you can't articulate like that. My favourite is the Jim Dunlop stainless, I think the gauge is 0,52mm
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28338
    Severely relic'd. But enough about Queen Victoria .....
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    axisus said:
    Severely relic'd. But enough about Queen Victoria .....
    She was permanently unhappy after Albert died. And, tbh, she looked like it. She probably couldn't find another man with a ring in the end if his willy.
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  • SparkySparky Frets: 90
    Did you get 52 packets of replacement strings to go with it?
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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3589
    Looks like a real coin but very badly worn so not really a collectable (relic doesn't count for those guys - amatures).

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  • mbembe Frets: 1840
    You can get locked up in the Tower of London for defacing a coin of the realm. 
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    mbe said:
    You can get locked up in the Tower of London for defacing a coin of the realm. 
    doesn't that depend on if the coin is legal tender? I doubt if a florin still is.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14431
    DiscoStu said:
    Two shillings
    Real money - from back when Sterling was still worth something. 
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • SNAKEBITESNAKEBITE Frets: 1075
    Phil_aka_Pip said:
    axisus said:
    Severely relic'd. But enough about Queen Victoria .....
    She was permanently unhappy after Albert died. And, tbh, she looked like it. She probably couldn't find another man with a ring in the end if his willy.


    However thing perked up a bit after she met Dr. Who, battled the werewolf and formed Torchwood.


    (Note, I am not some mad Dr. Who fan, I've just watched that episode with my son on Netfilx!)

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