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khj
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Does anyone know what a tanner is in GB Currency.

Wasn't that the name for the half-shilling coin?
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Braveheart
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Sixpence ... aka... a tanner



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braveheart
Correct:
other GB slang
Quid = Pound
Anyone know about "Joey"
David (DJD)
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rod222
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Quid...from Quid pro quo.

A joey...A groat; so called from Joseph Hume, M.P., who strongly recommended the coinage for the sake of paying short cab-fares, etc.
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