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fourpenny bit ....hit
50p bit 2 pound bit 5 pound bit ???? |
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9.6 new pence
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dont know, but it may have had something to do with holding the coins in a fisted hand before the "clip" kind of like the brass knuckle effect. This is just my guess and i maybe way off base?
I got that off the web and it's what I thought a fourpenny one meant. So in todays money with a fifty pence the nearest in size to an old penny - two quid. |
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Actually on old penny was bigger than a fifty pence piece.
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2p I guess
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Dr Crippen - My immediate thoughts, too - a blow by the fist - but not in such detail as you post.
However, your explanation makes sense as ... FOUR Fingers in a clenched fist. FOUR Pennies, on edge, clenched between each finger, and thumb/index finger Protruding enough to increase the damage done by the blow, but not enough to fall out of the gaps between the fingers. After all - The assailant would want to lose his Fourpence back. Probably based on the same principle as the Peaky Blinders - a Razor Blade slightly protruding from a Peak Cap neb. |
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^ * The assailant would NOT want to lose his Fourpence.
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i wouldnt want to try punching with four pennies like that
and penny between thumb and forefinger would be odd boxers did sometimes weight their gloves with old pennies a 4d was a groat or fourpenny bit and it rhymes with hit |