A coin of poor standard, such as the kind withdrawn at the time of the recoinage by Henry II in 1158. Cf. basel, n.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > other miscellaneous English coins (9) baselinga1255 A coin of poor standard, such as the kind withdrawn at the time of the recoinage by Henry II in 1158. Cf. basel, n. scute1472 Used as a (? jocular) name for an English coin; ? a crown. Obsolete. basel1577 = baseling, n.1 lundress1695 (See quot. 1695.) halfling1819 The half of a silverling or old silver penny. wire money1837 a type of silver coinage minted in 1792, inscribed with very slender wire-like numerals. brabant1840 A base coin of Flemish manufacture circulated in England in the 13th cent. fifty-pence piece1969 a cupro-nickel heptagonal coin worth fifty (new) pence, introduced in the U.K. in 1969 during the conversion to decimal currency. twenty-pence piece1981 a cupro-nickel heptagonal coin worth twenty (new) pence, introduced in the U.K. in 1982; also, the corresponding coin in the Republic of Ireland. |
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