Threepence

• Threepence Bezel
• Threepence Australia Value

• The British threepence (3d) coin, usually simply known as a threepence, thruppence, or thruppenny bit, was a unit of currency equaling one eightieth of a pound sterling, or three old pence sterling. It was used in the United Kingdom, and earlier in Great Britain and England.
• A threepence coin is a historical British coin worth one-eightieth of a pound sterling. The coin was worth the same as three pence. There were 12 pence in 1 shilling and 20 shillings in 1 pound, so there were 240 pence in 1 pound. According to the Royal Mint Museum, a threepence coin would probably be worth 14.4 pence in today's money.

New Zealand threepence have a few well known and catalogued varieties in the 1955 two dots on shoulder, 1956 Strapless and the 1957 87 dots The New Zealand Threepence is also well know for many Die cracking errors due to the number of these they will be listed one day but with over 300 different die cracking faults from 1947 to 1965 this might take a while. Apr 05, 2020 A threepence coin is a historical British coin worth one-eightieth of a pound sterling. The coin was worth the same as three pence. There were 12 pence in 1 shilling and 20 shillings in 1 pound, so there were 240 pence in 1 pound. According to the Royal Mint Museum, a threepence coin would probably be worth 14.4 pence in today's money.

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Example sentences from the Web for threepence

• I take cigar-smoking as an expense of, say, half-a-crown a-day, and pipe-smoking at threepence.

  Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings.

• A post in France is six miles, and one shilling and threepence is charged for each horse, and sevenpence for the driver.

  Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney

• Mutton seldom exceeds threepence English money per pound, and beef is usually somewhat cheaper.

  Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney

• It was minted in the Bran Tubs from which, paying your threepence, you drew forth a penny toy.

Threepence Australia Value

• By this labor he earns, every day, threepence for the state, and a halfpenny for himself!

  Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II Various