Issued as part of the Royal Mint's ongoing commemorative crown series, "The Penny Drops" references the colloquial English idiom derived — most plausibly — from penny-in-the-slot machines of the late Victorian period, where a coin physically dropping triggered the mechanism.
Issued as part of the Royal Mint's ongoing commemorative crown series, "The Penny Drops" references the colloquial English idiom derived — most plausibly — from penny-in-the-slot machines of the late Victorian period, where a coin physically dropping triggered the mechanism.