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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIX'PENCE, n. [six and pence.]
1. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling.
2. The value of six pennies or half a shilling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 [syn: sixpence, tanner]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. a former British monetary unit equal to six pennies 2. plural sixpence or sixpences a coin worth sixpence

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. 1 the sum of six pence, esp. before decimalization. 2 hist. a coin worth six old pence (21/2p).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sixpence Six"pence, n.; pl. Sixpences. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sixpences) A sixpence is a small silver coin which was used in Britain before the decimal money system was introduced in 1971. It was the equivalent of 2.5 pence. (BRIT) N-COUNT