ha'pennies
Tiny British currency
Ha'pennies is the plural of ha'penny, a British halfpenny coin worth half of one penny.
The coin was withdrawn from circulation in 1984.
The term survives in expressions about small amounts: It didn't cost more than a few ha'pennies.
Also spelled hapennies or halfpennies.
British currency units
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- quidBritish pound, informally
- bobShort vertical movement
- tuppenceTwo old pence
threepence · sixpence · farthing · guinea · sovereign · crown · sterling · groat
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- bygoneOf earlier times
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
pre-decimal · decimalisation · Britannia · monarchy · empire · wartime · postwar · twentieth-century
Object worth amassing
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- coinStamped metal currency
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
bronze · denomination · relic · artifact · memorabilia · patina · auction · rare
pence
British currency units
tuppence · threepence · sixpence · farthing · guinea · sovereign · crown · sterling · groat · florin
Victorian
Of a prim era
nostalgia · pre-decimal · decimalisation · Britannia · monarchy · empire · wartime · postwar · twentieth-century · nineteenth-century
collectible
Object worth amassing
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- coinStamped metal currency
copper · bronze · denomination · relic · artifact · memorabilia · patina · auction · rare · grading
trifle
Insignificant matter or thing
paltry · meager · insignificant · nominal · token · negligible · piddling
ha'penniespounds
Mass measurement units
sovereigns · guineas · crowns · banknotes · gold coins