three halfpence (English, noun)
expansion: three halfpence (sometimes a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny, sometimes singular, plural three halfpences)
Senses:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):
Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.
tags: historical
singular
sometimes
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):
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).
tags: historical
singular
sometimes
glosses: A money of account equal to 1½d.
tags: UK
dated
singular
sometimes
Forms:
form: a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny
tags: sometimes
form: three halfpences
tags: plural
form: three-halfpence
tags: alternative
form: three ha'pence
tags: alternative
form: three-ha'pence
tags: alternative
form: three halfpennies
tags: alternative
form: three-halfpennies
tags: alternative
form: three ha'pennies
tags: alternative
form: three-ha'pennies
tags: alternative
form: three halfpenny
tags: alternative
form: three-halfpenny
tags: alternative