Everyone who is British and of advancing age know of this.
The rest? Baffled what? 
I must be too young 
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Two pennies and one half penny from the shillings and pence days. Just under thruppence 
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Its good when the penny drops.
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it was nice when a pee cost a p
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It went tits up with the new P, when something is re-invented and called āNewā, its a recipe for disaster 
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Wasnāt it actually a d?
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we were the most confused generation (X), our parents would be talking shillings and we would see a five pence piece and wonder what they were on about. At school they did not teach feet and inches at all. The (new) metric system was forced upon us.
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What was the expression? keep your hand on you haāpenny I seem to remember
āKeep your hand on your haāpennyā is an old British idiom, often used as advice to young women, meaning to remain a virgin, protect oneās virtue, or not let anyone āin your knickersā. It is a metaphorical instruction to guard oneās chastity or, in a broader sense, to be cautious and not easily parted from something valuable
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I have two 1/4 gold sovereigns somewhere and other old coins kicking about
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Yes RS but, the threepenny bits were fair game
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yes but it didnāt rhyme, would have been a dribble
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Perhaps it would be ādā for pennies ?
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Donāt come here with the sensible stuff
