/ ˈsɪks pəns /
noun,pluralsix·pence,six·penc·esfor 2.
An English sixpence coin select the date and amount from the drop down menu dates range from 1947 to 1951 Cupro Nickel Sixpence coins.
(used with a singular or plural verb)British. a sum of six pennies.
(used with a singular verb) a cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, the half of a shilling, formerly equal to six pennies: equal to two and one-half new pence after decimalization in 1971.
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- Sixpence The sixpence coin was first struck in 1551 during the reign of Edward VI, owing to the debasement of Britain's silver coinage during the 1540s, particularly the testoon. The precursor to the shilling had seen its value halved from twelve pence to six.
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Sixpence Coin
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Origin ofsixpence
First recorded in 1350–1400, sixpence is from Middle English sexe pans. See six, pence
Words nearby sixpence
Sixpence Definition
Six Nations, Six Nations Championship, six o'clock swill, six of one, half a dozen of the other, six-pack, sixpence, sixpenny, six-pointer, six-shooter, Six Sigma, six-spot
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Example sentences from the Web for sixpence
They just turn on a sixpence and go and look for something else.
Hanging Out with Ian McEwan: Full Transcript|The Daily Beast Video|April 14, 2010|DAILY BEASTA friend of mine tells me that he smokes every day, at a cost of about sixpence a-week.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.Now, I would like to know in what other way so much enjoyment is to be bought for sixpence.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.It is certain that he restored every sixpence that had been deposited in the morning, and could not die until he had done so.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
On arriving he tendered the driver sixpence, which was strictly the fare, though but scant remuneration for the distance.
A message can be sent from any postoffice at a cost of sixpence for the first ten words.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions forsixpence
What Is A Sixpence Coin
noun
a small British cupronickel coin with a face value of six pennies, worth 2 1/2 (new) pence, not minted since 1970
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