单词 | half-groat |
释义 | † half-groatn. Obs. An English silver coin, of the value of two pence, issued from the time of Edward III till the Commonwealth. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 2d twopencec1450 half-groat1451 penny of twopence1477 twopenny piece1607 deuce1699 twopenny1736 demi-groata1763 1451 Sc. Acts Jas. II c. 2 At the..half grote [haif coursse] for iiij d. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 §1 All maner of half grotes or pence of ijd. of English coine. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcij, The coyne..he newly deuised..and the siluer he called grotes and halfe grotes. 1841 E. Hawkins Silver Coins Eng. 98 The coins of Edward III were groats, half groats, pennies, halfpennies and farthings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2011). < n.1451 |
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