ˌhalf-ˈsovereignn.

1. An English gold coin, nominally worth 50 pence (ten shillings). The sum is also expressed by half a sovereign.Originally (with the sovereign) coined in 1489 (but see quot. 1884); in the 17th c. these coins were superseded by the guinea and half-guinea, for which the sovereign and half-sovereign were again substituted in 1817: see sovereign n. and adj.

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1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 §1 All maner of Gold of the Coynes of a Sovereyn Halfe Sovereyn [etc.].

1551 Proclam. Edw. VI in C. Wriothesley Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 59 The half soueraigne of crowne gould of tenne shillinges.

1817 Proclam. in London Gaz. 11 Oct. 2093/1 To order that certain pieces of gold money should be coined, which should be called ‘half sovereigns or ten shilling pieces’.

1884 R. L. Kenyon Gold Coins Eng. 77 This [the ryal] is doubtless the coin mentioned as a half-sovereign in the Statute 19 Henry VII, c. 5..As the reverse is unlike the ryals and the same as that of the sovereigns, it would very likely be popularly called a half-sovereign.

2. The name given by paviors to a 6-in. Purbeck stone pitcher; also to a granite pitching, because it is worth half a sovereign a yard ( Dict. Archit. 1851).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012).

单词	half-sovereign
释义	ˌhalf-ˈsovereignn. 1. An English gold coin, nominally worth 50 pence (ten shillings). The sum is also expressed by half a sovereign.Originally (with the sovereign) coined in 1489 (but see quot. 1884); in the 17th c. these coins were superseded by the guinea and half-guinea, for which the sovereign and half-sovereign were again substituted in 1817: see sovereign n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of ten shillings rial1471 royalc1490 half-sovereign1503 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 §1 All maner of Gold of the Coynes of a Sovereyn Halfe Sovereyn [etc.]. 1551 Proclam. Edw. VI in C. Wriothesley Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 59 The half soueraigne of crowne gould of tenne shillinges. 1817 Proclam. in London Gaz. 11 Oct. 2093/1 To order that certain pieces of gold money should be coined, which should be called ‘half sovereigns or ten shilling pieces’. 1884 R. L. Kenyon Gold Coins Eng. 77 This [the ryal] is doubtless the coin mentioned as a half-sovereign in the Statute 19 Henry VII, c. 5..As the reverse is unlike the ryals and the same as that of the sovereigns, it would very likely be popularly called a half-sovereign. 2. The name given by paviors to a 6-in. Purbeck stone pitcher; also to a granite pitching, because it is worth half a sovereign a yard ( Dict. Archit. 1851). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012). < n.1503
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