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Penny for your thoughts?

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This Sunday marks fifty years since decimal currency arrived in the wallets of Australians.

It was on a Monday back in 1966, when the question, “A penny for your thoughts?” began drifting into history along with memories of pennies, shillings and pounds.

Retired Nuriootpa National Australia Bank branch manager, Mr Max Newcombe was stepping up in the banking industry at the time, working as a c...


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