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  2. Threepence (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of British banknotes and coins - Wikipedia

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    Ten pence: 10p A replacement for the florin (two shillings). The coin was reduced in size in 1992. Twenty pence: 20p Introduced in 1982. Twenty-five pence: 25p A commemorative coin issued between 1972 and 1981 as a post-decimal continuation of the old crown. From 1990 it was replaced in the commemorative role by the £5 coin. Fifty pence

  4. History of the threepence - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Mark (currency) - Wikipedia

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    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. [4] [5] [6] In Scotland, the merk Scots was a silver coin, issued first in 1570 and afterwards in 1663.

  6. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...

  7. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of decimal currency caused a new casual usage to emerge, where any value in pence is spoken using the suffix pee: e.g. "twenty-three pee" or, in the early years, "two-and-a-half pee" rather than the previous "tuppence-ha'penny". Amounts over a pound are normally spoken thus: "five pounds forty".

  8. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    For example, $73 is written as “seventy-three,” and the words for $43.50 are “Forty-three and 50/100.” You don’t need to write the word “dollars” if your bank has preprinted it on ...

  9. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    Continental One Third Dollar Note (obverse) A fifty-five dollar Continental issued in 1779. After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from $ 1 ⁄ 6 to $80, including many odd denominations ...