Meanings
nounthree-halfpenny (plural three-halfpennies or three-halfpence)
plural three-halfpennies · plural three-halfpence
- singularsingular of three-halfpennies
[…] three-halfpennies and three-farthings are all dated and have similar types. One three-halfpenny piece has MM obv. cinquefoil, rev. acorn. 1574. MB. The halfpence have no legend, have a portcullis […]
1876, Edward Hawkins, Robert Lloyd Kenyon, The Silver Coins of England: Arranged and Described; with Remarks on British Money, Previous to the Saxon Dynasties, page 300 - singularsingular of three-halfpence
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