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The Good Old Days... 12 years 3 months ago #13742

Henk Loots Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 803 Thank you received: 451	Hi everybody Attached is a nostalgic glimpse into medal prices of 40 years ago : the invoice for my first purchase from Spink. Henk Attachments:
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The Good Old Days... 12 years 3 months ago #13743

JustinLDavies Offline Senior Member Posts: 573 Thank you received: 126	R1.83 to the pound! J OSAKSA wrote: Hi everybody Attached is a nostalgic glimpse into medal prices of 40 years ago : the invoice for my first purchase from Spink. Henk
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The Good Old Days... 12 years 3 months ago #13744

coldstream Offline Moderator Posts: 2056 Thank you received: 215	Hello Henk, Thank you for posting an interesting receipt! Forty years ago I had just started my first employment and if I remember correctly that would have been two weeks wages. If only I had started then! Regards Paul "From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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The Good Old Days... 12 years 3 months ago #13753

Brett Hendey Offline Senior Member Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 758	The exchange rate this morning is R16.01 to the pound! Brett
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The Good Old Days... 12 years 3 months ago #13889

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Around the same time as Henks invoice, I remember a little collectable shop on the Victoria Embankment (now renamed)in Durban, they had Town Guard QSA's at R5:00 to R10:00 each as they were "so common" and "not very collectable". Local and British units were around double that price.

My Dad used to buy my brother and myself British badges for around 20 to 30 cents each at the same shop. "Medals are far too expensive" was his favorite line! If only he had known what the future held. He is still alive and will be 90 in March next year.We had a chat about medals last week and he could not believe the prices being realised these days.

Brian

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