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After my grandfather passed, my grandmother decided to move to an apartment and so wanted to downsize. She asked the family to take whatever they wanted.

I went for the old and the odd. Some books are over 200 years old.

This one is maybe 100 and odd.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Idk about the UK, but in the USA, there was ongoing debate to change our currency base to a bi-metal standard instead of just using the gold standard. The Wizard of Oz is supposedly all about that debate, and Dorothy's slippers were originally silver, walking on the gold brick road. They changed the slippers to ruby for the movie to show off their new techni-color technology, and removed any references to the political debate.