| 单词 | rose pence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose pence rose pence n. (also rose pennies; singular rose penny) now historical English pennies with a new rose design issued to a debased standard under Edward VI and Mary, but later banned from currency (see quot. 1556), though still being permitted to circulate in Ireland. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Irish coins > [noun] harp1543 harp-groat1543 harped groata1549 rose pence1556 smulkinc1571 harp-shilling1591 harper1598 patrick1673 thirteenc1720 fourpence-halfpenny1723 thirteener1762 tenpenny1822 thirteen-penny1828 sun groat1861 twenty-pence piece1981 1556 Proclam. 19 Sept. in Tudor Proclam. (1897) Their sayde Maiesties..do wyll and commaunde that all rose pence, shall..be no more receyued nor taken for lawefull..monye, within thys their realme of Englande, or any other their domynyons excepte..Irelande. 1607 E. Howes Stow's Chron. (new ed.) 341 The 19. of September the Rose pence being a base coine, made in the raigne of Henrie the eight, & Edward the first, were forbidden, to be any longer currant in England, but to be onely currant in Ireland. 1745 S. M. Leake Hist. Acct. Eng. Money (ed. 2) 231 In her last Year, the Rose Pennies of Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth, mix'd with Brass, were by English Proclamation restrained to Ireland. 1869 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 3 396/2 The intrinsic value of these rose-pence fell far short of their nominal value, as they were composed of only three parts silver to nine of alloy. 1989 W. G. Neely Kilkenny iv. 59 The rose penny was such an inferior coin that the English parliament forbade its use outside Ireland. < as lemmas |
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