The Beer Token

Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2025/09/04/the-beer-token/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