Masters Traditional Games

The famous English pub game in which players attempt to shove old English ha'penny coins up a board so that they fall between the horizontal lines. At first glance, it appears simple but you can bet your bottom farthing that the pub locals will beat you every time...

Slate Board

Many people believe that the best material for a Shove Ha'penny board is Slate and that's what this board is made from.

Designed for pub or home use with a nautical theme, the board comes with some natural chalk, instructions and real old English ha'pennies that have been smoothed on one side to reduce friction.

The smooth 19mm solid slate measures approximately 43 x 30 cm and is very heavy so should not move around during play. There are 8 beds instead of the more typical 9 separated by machine-cut lines. To prevent coins sliding off the top of the board, there is a header plate made from solid Brass.

Warning: While the quality of the board surface is excellent, the ha'pennies supplied by the manufacturer are only "linished", i.e. a rough flat surface and sometimes of poor quality. So they don't look very nice nor run as smoothly as our own mirror-finish coins. We have to supply the board with the coins that the manufacture supplies and one option would be to sand and/or polish these coins yourself. But for your convenience, we offer mirror-finish coins separately, if you wish, see below.

We recommend placing some material between the board and your table to protect your table from being scratched by the heavy board. You will need to sprinkle a little talcum power or french chalk powder onto the slate before play.

Change to $ Change to C	UK pounds (ex.VAT)	Pounds (incl. VAT)	Typical ETA in wkg days	Add to basket
Slate Shove Ha'penny	£46.00	£52.90	1 + transit time

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Ha'pennies

Due popular demand, we have made sets of real old English ha'pennies available.

The smoothed coins are better for slate boards and should be used with talcum or french chalk powder.

NOTE: The old English ha'pennies are used - they may vary in quality and some look decidedly old.

Change to $ Change to C	UK pounds (ex.VAT)	Pounds (incl. VAT)	Typical ETA in wkg days	Add to basket
Set of 5 old English Ha'pennies smoothed (tails side visible)	£8.61	£9.90	1 + transit time
Set of 5 old English Ha'pennies smoothed (heads side visible)	£8.61	£9.90	1 + transit time

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