twelvepencen.
/ˈtwɛlvpəns/ 1. A sum of money equal to twelve pennies. Also formerly abbreviated xij d. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > specific amounts of pence
sixpencec1380
twelvepencec1380
twopence1477
sevenpence1558
ninepence1568
twopence halfpenny16..
fippence1607
threepence1607
sicle1720
fourpence1852
fivepence-
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 301 Men of lawe and jurours han non conscience to forswere hem for twel pens and her dyner.
1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlviii. 58 Ȝour court-men heir hes maid my claith deir, And raisd it twell~pennis of the ell.
1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 49 Every of the said Chirurgeons shall have Twelvepence a Body searched by them.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 183 We..dined..very well for twelvepence a man.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > shilling
s.1387
solidus?a1475
shilling1533
teston1543
twelvepence1563
bord1567
twelvepenny piece1594
sh.1607
hog1673
twelver1699
she-lion1744
grunter1785
twalpenny worth1786
bob1789
pega1790
tower shilling1800
little shilling1826
deaner1839
rogue and villain1857
stag1857
hole1934
1563 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 60 Apon Midsomer even last, the said Thomas send a Token, videlicet a xijd. to the said Eleine.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 216 The Recoinage of Groats and Halfe-groats now Twelve-pences and Six-pences.
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