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pence N (currencies)

Pence N (currencies)

Penny <a penny; pennies> N

penny N

luck-penny N ECON

penny difference ECON

penny paper

penny-pinch VB

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penny-pincher N

penny-pincher

penny-pinching N

penny-pinching

a pretty penny

penny differences customer ECON

penny differences vendor ECON

sales tax penny difference ECON

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The two pence coin was originally minted from bronze, but since 1992 it has been minted in copper-plated steel due to the increasing price of metal.
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As the currency depreciated over time, it was pegged at two shillings four sterling pence in 1906.
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It was equivalent to the pound sterling and was divided into 20 "shillings", each of 12 "pence".
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Its value depreciated over the next eight years and was then pegged at two shillings four pence sterling in 1906.
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Other denominations such as the 50 pence and 2 are issued as circulating commemoratives.
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When you are two pence short of a tin of baked beans, and your child is hungry, it is the money.
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I remember one stamp was found in an old collection book that would probably have sold for 30 pence in a car boot sale.
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The fish were sold in straps (six to eight pounds of fish strung together through the gills) for between two to four pence.
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Whether people would take the time to fiddle about for 20 pence or ask a passer-by for change, rather than water the nearby railings, we're not so sure.
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You lived next door, and we got to each other's houses through a big cat flap under my kitchen sink that you had to put 50 pence in to open...
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