a book costing only sixpencetwopencetwo‧pence /ˈtʌpəns/ noun [countable, uncountable] British English 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Gabriel recognized the girl of the yellow cart and the mirror, the girl who owed him twopence.
- I saw Colman's mustard at twopence a tin.
- It was a wine that they paid about a penny or twopence a glass for.
- Paradise Lost had cost him a mere twopence.
- She felt bad and ran after him to part with twopence, and he swore at her again.
- There was an additional charge of twopence a week for the secretary's salary and office expenses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a book costing only sixpence
another word for tuppence a book costing only sixpence