Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
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title:
Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
text:
The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄240 of one pound or 1⁄12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman denarius. It was a continuation of the earlier English penny, and in Scotland it had the same monetary value as one pre-1707 Scottish shilling. The penny was originally minted in silver, but from the late 18th century it was minted in copper, and then after 1860 in bronze. The plural of "penny" is "pence" when referring to an amount of money, and
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Former denomination of sterling coinage
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(British_pre-decimal_coin)
date created:
2009-12-06T21:32:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:53:30Z
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