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Sixpenny :: Sixpenny (a.) Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf..

Franc :: Franc (a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes..

Rome Scot :: Rome scot () See Peter pence, under Peter..

Pennoncelle :: Pennoncelle (n.) See Pencel.

Fourpence :: Fourpence (n.) A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat..

Sharock :: Sharock (n.) An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents..

Sixpence :: Sixpence (n.) An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents..

Mill-sixpence :: Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).

Scudo :: Scudo (n.) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70..

Twelvepence :: Twelvepence (n.) A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents..

Twopenny :: Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.

Threepence :: Threepence (n.) A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.

Ninepence :: Ninepence (n.) A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents..

Poundage :: Poundage (n.) A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more..

Tenpenny :: Tenpenny (a.) Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n..

Fourpence :: Fourpence (n.) A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents..

Tester :: Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston..

Marc :: Marc (n.) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence..

Groat :: Groat (n.) An old English silver coin, equal to four pence..

Epencephalon :: Epencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen..

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