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What is a ninepence?

What is a ninepence? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete, Britain) A former British silver coin, worth nine old pennies.
  2. (obsolete, Britain) Nine old pennies.
  3. (obsolete, New England) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.
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After all her painful traffic, the whole proceeds were perhaps half a dozen coppers, and a questionable ninepence which ultimately proved to be copper likewise.
I should't tak ye to be aboon ninepence to t' shillin' at the varra most.
Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven pound, four and ninepence ha'penny,' replied Mr Scaley, without moving a limb.
As it was pirated, so the price crept up, ninepence, one shilling, one shilling and sixpence, half-a-crown, and then it came out in instalments.
I hate to borrow as much as Mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak, she always does, if you ask for a ninepence.
What do we want of two horses down here, at two and ninepence a day?

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