| 单词 | gold penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold penny gold penny n. historical a gold coin, issued in 1257, of the value of 20 shillings.The coins were withdrawn since the amount of gold they contained was worth more than their face value (see quot. 1700). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. viii. 975* This Year [1257] (according to the MS Chronicle of the city of London) the King Coined a Penny of Pure Gold of the Weight of Two Sterlings, and commanded that it should go for Twenty Shillings.] 1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 215 Henry III's gold penny is singular, as are all that are engraved of Edward III's before his 27th year. 1876 G. D. Mathews Coinages of World 145 In 1257 A.D., the first coinage of English gold..took place; the King..issuing a gold Penny..ordering that it should be current for Twenty Pennies. 1997 Speculum 72 449 Although Henry had 52,480 gold pennies minted and ordered that they be used throughout the realm, they failed as a coinage. 2017 Express (Nexis) 17 Dec. The latest [rare coin]..to go to auction is tipped to sell for half a million pounds. The rare gold penny, which features a portrait of King Henry III, is one of just eight in the world. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。