Here we have threepenny pieces and a Florin.
The florin was worth two-shillings, and it has quite a short story only being minted from 1849 until 1967, though there was a special edition in 1970. The reason for it being called the florin returns us to our intro because this was the ten pence coin that was tested out after the successful motion in Parliament - the first true decimal coin - and it was called a Florin because there was a Dutch coin also called that, which was also worth approximately a tenth of a pound
The threepences were worth three pence, but it must be said that these are not what used to be called a threepenny bit, that was a twelve sided shaped coin in nickel that the general public were really fond of, and that had a subliminal message on it, the back design being a picture of a plant called thrift, in order to encourage people to save them up. No, our threepenny piece is very similar, still, to the way it looked when it was introduced, by Elizabeth I, as a silver coin, in the year 1551, though again there were gaps in its production, notably during the English Civil War. It lasted until the late seventeenth century, but was then reserved for celebrations and special events. However in 1845 it rejoined the purse. The last silver ones were struck in 1919, then they slowly reduced the content. It lasted until decimalisation though, and was then replaced, by the penny.
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Our original Gallaher Reference Book (RB.4 issued in 1944) describes this set as
"Tricks and Puzzles Series (titled series) size two and a half by one and a half inches. Numbered 1-100. Fronts lithographed in full colours with white margins. "Gallaher`s Cigarettes" incorporated in each picture. Backs printed in black with descriptions and "Issued by Gallaher Ltd., Belfast & London". In general this set differs from the original series. Printed by E. S. & A. Robinson Ltd, Bristol."
The original series mentioned was the green backed set of 1924.
For some reason the London Cigarette Card Company 1950 catalogue splits this set into two halves, selling 1-50 for 1d a card or 4/6 a set, and also offering cards 51-100 for the same price. Was this to lower the cost, or to make them more affordable than they would have been as a set of a hundred? Or is there a natural break that I do not know about?
Our original World Tobacco Issues Index just gives the facts - "Sm. Back in black. Nd. (100)` And these are repeated in the updated version.