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Look up: halfpenny

  1. halfpenny
    [n] - an English coin worth half a penny
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Halfpenny
    ½ penny. Small bronze coin.
    Found on http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/money.htm

  3. halfpenny
    Originally round silver coins, first minted in the reign of Alfred the Great, and from 1672 the first English copper coin. From the 10th to the 13th centuries, the half ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. halfpenny
    See penny.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. halfpenny
    A british coin with weight value equivalent to half a silver penny.
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  6. Halfpenny
    (British decimal coin) The British decimal `half penny (½p)` was first issued on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised. In practice it had been available from banks in bags for some weeks previously. The decimal half penny, worth 1.2 pre-decimal pence, enabled the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfpenny

  7. Halfpenny
    (Irish pre-decimal coin) The `halfpenny coin` was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound at 1/480 of the pound. The design was by Percy Metcalf, an English artist. The artist was given the choice of a boar, a sow or a ram and the sow was chosen. The coin had a diamete...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfpenny

  8. Halfpenny
    (Irish decimal coin) The `halfpenny coin` was the smallest denomination of the Irish pound which was decimalised on Decimal Day, February 15, 1971 it was one of three new designs introduced all in bronze. The coin suffered from the effects of inflation and very few were produced beyond the in...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfpenny

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