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PCS - Sixpence Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 8/1/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Predecimal Coins Series


You are looking for a 100ml (quite small) clip and lock box with a handful of coins and a logbook (bring your own pen/pencil!)
The cache should have room for a few small swaps (a geocoin or two).
Feel free to take a coin from the cache.


The cache is located on (NOT UNDER, the path under is slippery but manageable an old bridge on the Ystwyth Trail which went over the Manchester to Milford Haven railway, which the Ystwyth trail is based upon.
The cache is not in the wall of the bridge.
The section of the Yystwyth trail which is based upon the old railway is generally flat and is suitable for family cycling.
This cache is just on the right side of Lon Ty Llwyd, Llanfarian.
I suggest going by bike but it can be accessed by foot quite easily from Llanfarian or Aberystwyth.
For more information on the Ystwyth Trail you can go here: http://tourism.ceredigion.gov.uk/saesneg/ystwythtrail2.htm


When completed, the series will be a 9 part series with the common coins in circulation before 1971 when British coins were decimalised.
The old system was a little confusing (Humans weren't designed with 12 fingers!) but was hundreds of years old.

-Farthing
-Ha'Penny
-Penny
-Thruppeny bit
-Sixpence
-Shilling
-Florin (2 shillings)
-Half Crown
-Crown

The sixpence was equal to 6 old pennies.
They are considered good lucky charms!

Sixpence

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur sne raq bs gur oevqtr vs npprffrq sebz gur ebnq. Ybbx rnfg ng gur raq bs gur oevqtr. Ba gur sybbe.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)