The crisps were from pre-decimal currency and their weight was marked in 'drams'
An offer expired on April 30 1969 - two years before decimalisation was introduced in the UK.
Zoe said: "I could see it was old as soon as I bent down to pick it up, because of the price, which was 4D - pre-decimal money. "Old plastics wash up onshore worryingly often, but this was the oldest crisp packet so far by about nine years.
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