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The British fourpence coin, sometimes known as a groat, "joey" or fourpenny bit, is a silver coin worth 1 ⁄ 60 of one pound or 1 ⁄ 3 of one shilling.It is a continuation of the English groat series struck intermittently from the late 13th century until the Acts of Union in 1707.
The three pence coin – expressed in writing as "3d" – first appeared in England during the fine silver coinage of King Edward VI (1547–1553), when it formed part of a set of new denominations. Although it was an easy denomination to work with in the context of the old sterling coinage system, being a quarter of a shilling , initially it ...
In England the "mark" never appeared as a coin but was only a unit of account.It was apparently introduced in the 10th century by the Danes. [3] According to 19th century sources, it was initially equivalent to 100 pence, but after the Norman Conquest (1066), it was worth 160 pence (13 shillings and 4 pence), two-thirds of a pound sterling.
The three-pence (3d) coin first appeared in England during the fine silver coinage of King Edward VI (1547–53), when it formed part of a set of new denominations. Although it was an easy denomination to work with in the context of the old sterling coinage system, being a quarter of a shilling , initially it was not popular with the public who ...
Some countries have adopted alternative approaches, such as Ghana, which created a new base unit equal to 100 old pence (not equal to the U.S. dollar), with a fractional unit equal to one old penny, Bahamas, which adopted a new base unit equal to seven shillings, with a fractional unit equal to 0.84 old pence, and The Gambia, which created a ...
Later issues became progressively lighter: 72 grains (4.7 g) in 1351 under Edward III, 60 grains (3.9 g) in 1412 under Henry IV, and 48 grains (3.1 g) in 1464 under Edward IV. From 1544 to 1560 (the weight being reduced to 32 grains (2.1 g) in 1559) the silver fineness was less than sterling, and after the 1561 issue they were not generally ...
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The threepence (Irish: leath reul [ˌl̠ʲah ˈɾˠeːlˠ]) or 3d coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 4 of a shilling. Leath reul literally means "half reul", the reul being a sixpence coin worth about the same as the Spanish real (a quarter of a peseta). As with all other Irish coins, it ...