threepence
Old British coin
Threepence is a British coin worth three pennies, or the sum itself.
Before decimalization in 1971, it was a standard small denomination: The candy cost threepence.
The word is pronounced "THREP-ənce" or "THRUP-ənce," often spelled thrup'ny or thruppence to match.
Quarter-penny coin
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- sixpenceFormer British coin
- halfpennyFraction of a cent
- florinHistoric European coin
groat · crown · guinea · sovereign · tuppence · bob · quid · sterling
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- sweetshopRetail confectionery outlet
pocket money · savings · piggybank · childhood · memorabilia · bygone · yesteryear · heritage
Gathering items over time
- numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- specimenIndividual for examination
- gradeClassification by rank
circulation · uncirculated · proof · mintmark · auction · catalogue · valuation · hoard
farthing
Quarter-penny coin
florin · groat · crown · guinea · sovereign · tuppence · bob · quid · sterling · copper
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
sweetshop · pocket money · savings · piggybank · childhood · memorabilia · bygone · yesteryear · heritage · tradition
collecting
Gathering items over time
- numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- specimenIndividual for examination
grade · circulation · uncirculated · proof · mintmark · auction · catalogue · valuation · hoard · rarities
tuppence
Two old pence
- pittanceInsultingly small payment
- small changeLow-denomination currency
- worthlessLacking any value
value · cheapness · affordability · trivial · paltry · meagre · song · bargain · trifle
- coinsleu, silver eagles, nickels, ban, dimes
- pluralsmen, women, feet, mice, geese
- small changecent, nickel, dime, quarter, halfpenny
- British coinshalfpenny, farthing, shilling, sixpence, twopence
- British currencypound, shilling, sixpence, halfpenny, farthing
- historic coinsshilling, shillings, guinea, sovereign, sovereigns