three halfpence (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, history, _, of, _, numismatics) A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):
Such an English coin (1½w:Penny (English coin), d.), minted 1561–1582.
Such a British coin (1½w:Penny (British pre-decimal coin), d. = (l, mul, £)⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).
* '''1855''', Charles Edwards, ''The History and Poetry of Finger-rings'', chapter iii, § 6, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XlFhXouMfJ8C&pg=PA133&dq=%22three-halfpennies%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NhlsUr-oPMarhAeA5YGwBA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAQv=onepage&q=%22three-halfpennies%22&f=false page 133]:
*: There is a singular custom prevailing in some parts of Northamptonshire and probably there are other places where a similar practice exists. If a female is afflicted with fits, nine pieces of silver money and nine '''three-halfpennies''' are collected from nine bachelors. The silver money is converted into a ring to be worn by the afflicted person and the '''three-halfpennies''' (''i.e.'' 13½d.) are paid to the maker of the ring, an inadequate remuneration for his labor but which he good-naturedly accepts.
(lb, en, dated, UK) A money of account equal to 1½d.