| 单词 | halfpenny of gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalfpenny of gold halfpenny of gold n. Obsolete (historical in later use) an English gold coin, current in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually identified with the half noble (half noble n.). ΘΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings halfpenny of gold1463 crown1526 crown piece1613 decus1688 British-crown1695 bull's-eye1699 petition crown1745 Britain crown1793 bull1819 caser1825 Oxford scholar1937 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 15 (MED) I be qwethe to the Prior a good purs and a halpenye of gold ther in. a1605 (c1422) T. Hoccleve Complaint (Durh.) l. 122 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 114 How shall the pore do yf in his holde no more money he ne have at all, par cas but a noble or halfpeny of golde. 1657 J. Philipot Camden's Remaines (new ed.) 187 This King [sc. Edward III] coyned also half Nobles, called then the half penny of gold. 1740 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 107/2 ½ Noble (called Obolus, or Half-penny of Gold). 1845 J. Lindsay View Coinage Scotl. 126 This latter act [of 1393]..directs the halfpenny of gold, viz. the Maille if of sufficient weight should pass for thirty-two pennies. < as lemmas |
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