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Name use in Ireland[edit]

"...as well as the informal Irish designation of 1 cent euro coin (abbr. c)." - according to whom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.181.233.6 (talk) 17:44, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Scottish use of plural pennies[edit]

Although 'pennies' for pence survived longer in Scotland than England, I have never heard it used. I suspect it's firmly archaic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedvirt (talk • contribs) 17:58, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Belgia Tribe used the Pene; Hand Over Fist; Farthings, I don't give a fart.[edit]

Whatever 'pene' originally was or meant, the Belgia tribe who were also in southern England (presumably obtaining silver), would make slugs of silver coins 'hand over fist' (tap and dye method) from flanned sheets of silver (ie. beat into a sheet). Conveniently, there would be an 'X' in the middle of the coin, and as a type of hack silver, could be cut into farthings (ie. four parts), of which "I don't give a fart'. ItsACityOfApes (talk) 03:15, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Decimal day[edit]

Could someone explain why the following entry under In Popular Culture is relevant to this article?

Around Decimal Day in 1971, British Rail introduced the "Superloo", improved public toilets that charged 2p (equivalent to nearly 5d).

Seems to me like an unrelated obscure factoid. My opinion is to remove it as irrelevant. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 14:00, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Nobody is willing to step up to support this entry so I'm going to remove it. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 00:07, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]