three halfpence

noun — 3 senses

three halfpence

noun

› A silver coin with a face value of one and a…

1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics Historical, Sometimes Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.

2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics Historical, Sometimes Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).

3

UK, Dated, Sometimes A money of account equal to 1½d.

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