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Penny — (Mehrzahl Pence, abgekürzt d. [Denar]), brit. Rechnungsmünze zu 1/12 Schilling, = jetzt 8,512 deutsche Pfennig, Landesmünze schon unter den angelsächsischen Dynasten. In Silber werden jetzt 37/40 fein geprägt: Stücke zu 6 (Sixpence), 4 (Fourpence … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
penny — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, G, G note, bawbee, buck, cartwheel, cent, century, copper, crown, dime, dollar, dollar bill, farthing, fifty cents, fin, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars, five dollar bill, five hundred dollar bill,… … Moby Thesaurus
History of the British penny (1901–1970) — The penny of King Edward VII (1901 ndash;1910) is of the same technical standards as the late Victorian issues. The head on the obverse is by George William de Saulles (1862 ndash;1903), facing right, with the inscription EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA… … Wikipedia
History of the English penny (1154–1485) — This is the history of the English penny from the years 1154 to 1485. The Plantagenets (1154 ndash;1485) King Henry II ascended the throne in 1154 as the first of the Plantagenet dynasty. For the first few years of his reign the coins of King… … Wikipedia
Fippenny bit — Fip pen*ny bit (? or ?). [Corruption of five penny bit.] The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fippenny bit — noun : a Spanish half real piece : a silver coin worth 1/16 of a Spanish dollar that circulated in the eastern United States before 1857 and passed current for about six cents called also fip, fourpence ha penny, sixpence * * * /fip euh nee, fip… … Useful english dictionary
De Hems — and the entrance to Horse Dolphin Yard De Hems is a café, pub and oyster house in the Chinatown area of Soho, London, England just off Shaftesbury Avenue.[1] It made its name purveying oyst … Wikipedia
Coins of the pound sterling — The Royal Shield reverse designs, introduced in 2008 (£2 coin is not shown) … Wikipedia
Groat (coin) — Groat is the traditional name of an English silver coin worth four English pennies, and also a Scottish coin originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and a shilling.NameThe name has also been applied to any thick… … Wikipedia
penn'orth — noun (singular + of) BrE old fashioned a pennyworth penny noun plural pennies or pence /pens/ BrE (C) 1 a small bronze coin, used in Britain since 1971, worth one hundredth (1/100th) of a pound: a bag of pennies 2 plural pence abbreviation p a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
