Weddingstar 9297 Lucky Silver Sixpence (1) The sixpence was a silver coin minted in England from the 1500s until the 1960s, and was worth six pennies By the end of the 17th Century it became Customary for a bride's parents to present a sixpence as a dowry gift to her groom According to tradition, if a bride carries a sixpence along with four other lucky items with her on her wedding day, she and her groom will live happily ever after