The Beer Token
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The Beer Token
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Thanks to the success of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, we can never forget quite how much beer you used to be able to get for a fiver (plus an exceptionally-generous tip). Nowadays, it'll get you one pint, if you're lucky... and that offers us an exciting opportunity...
00:00 Intro
00:37 The Beer Token
01:17 Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, extract from Chapter 2
03:17 1979: The price of a pint of beer
05:12 1990: The price of a pint of beer
06:17 1998: The £2 Coin, or Original Beer Token
08:00 2023: Beer now more likely to be £5 than £4
08:30 An opportunity
09:10 The £5 Coin, or a New Beer Token?
10:20 Would a politician support this?
10:45 Outro
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