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The Trouble with Money

Did you know that a hundred-gram jar of Nescafe filled with lp coins buys two packets of Benson and Hedges? Did you know that a two-litre flagon of Paul Masson burgundy filled with 2p coins buys three regular-size bottles of Safeway’s claret? Did you know that a Steradent tube filled with 10p coins buys just over one-and-a-half bottles of Night Nurse?

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