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  • Certainly any DC comics I've collected from the 60s from Britain that have orginated there simply was the original US comic book with a "9d" stamped on it to indicate the British price.

    Comic Book Questions Answered #12 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • There '9d' in the box is also an indication-- it's the price, which is, in pre-decimal British currency and notation for currency, 9 pence.

    Comic Book Questions Answered #12 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • I send you ½ Dozn of shoes for your window (if you think propper), We will recon them at 4s 9d pr pair, one with the other.

    Letter 52 2009

  • A couple of doors down were a 60-odd year-old couple and they were as right as 9d.

    Another Day At The Office « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Their expenses were 8d. for car fare, 2d. for stamps, 2.5d. for glue, and 1d. for string, so that all they earned between them was 1s. 9d., or a daily wage each of 10.5d.

    THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE 2010

  • Paris to have his name down for ten pounds to the subscription and Mr Williamson of Campton has sent up to Messrs Rogers, five pounds from some gentlemen whom he would not name — I learn from Wass the younger that there is now due to me a small and final Dividend of 9d in the pound!

    Letter 305 2009

  • SRPC – A 91A is a burglary, BU is Boarding Up, H2H is House to House (enquiries) and 9d is “ninepence”.

    Another Day At The Office « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • In 1959, Dick got a corkscrew (4s 11d), his wife Bae got talc (the same as in 1957, though the price has gone up from 3s 9d to 6s 11d).

    My mother's notebook of Christmas past 2011

  • Just an AOP who survived the blitz, 4 years as a Squaddie [@4 bob a day], shoveled Dung @9d/hr in the cowshed, and watched turds go up the ladder and turn into dysentery on the way down [had that too] etc … … on January 23, 2010 at 7: 28 am Furor Teutonicus

    Police Complaints – The Shocking Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • I got £1. 4s.9d. for your sixteenth it being drawn on the 5th day a £20 prize. —

    Letter 110 2009

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