a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination): sixpence; The fare was 15 pence.
Pence, in his simplicity, could not think that any man could ask another to kill a third in cold blood.
The Solitary Farm|Fergus Hume
"St. Richard's Pence" afterwards became a fruitful source of income.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain|P. H. Ditchfield
Nikolai would like to have taken tickets for the whole thing; but the pence he had about him were only enough for the garden.
One of Life's Slaves|Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie
British Dictionary definitions for pence
pence
/ (pɛns) /
noun
a plural of penny
usage for pence
Since the decimalization of British currency and the introduction of the abbreviation p, as in 10p, 85p, etc, the abbreviation has tended to replace pence in speech, as in 4p (ˌfɔːˈpiː), 12p (ˌtwɛlvˈpiː), etc