This is what I love about those predecimal coins. I put the farthing in my daughter's hand and told her, "This coin was in use in 1938. It passed from one person's hand to another. People did not have credit cards or ATM cards, so they always needed to use real money to buy things. This coin may have been spent by a little girl your age. Maybe her grandmother gave it to her as a birthday coin. Maybe she used it to pay for some candy or bread, or a little toy. And now, if she is still alive, she is older than your grandmother!" Then we brainstormed other people who might have held the coin in their hand and what they might have bought with it. Except for traveling to an historical location, there is nothing to place you back in time like a real object that was used back then.
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This is what I love about those predecimal coins. I put the farthing in my daughter's hand and told her, "This coin was in use in 1938. It passed from one person's hand to another. People did not have credit cards or ATM cards, so they always needed to use real money to buy things. This coin may have been spent by a little girl your age. Maybe her grandmother gave it to her as a birthday coin. Maybe she used it to pay for some candy or bread, or a little toy. And now, if she is still alive, she is older than your grandmother!" Then we brainstormed other people who might have held the coin in their hand and what they might have bought with it. Except for traveling to an historical location, there is nothing to place you back in time like a real object that was used back then.
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