halfpenny in English

noun
1
a former British coin equal to half an old or new penny. The last halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984.
The money is a mess of pounds, quids, bobs, shillings, pence, ha'pence , etc that is almost as interesting as a picture puzzle - and about as hard to unravel.
noun
    ha'penny

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1. Bawbee (plural Bawbees) Bawbee, halfpenny

2. This coin is called a Bawbee or a Scottish halfpenny

3. A Bawbee was a Scottish halfpenny, a copper coin that was hammered until 1677

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5. Bawbee (plural Bawbees) (Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny

6. Appropriately enough, for a term originally used to denote a Scottish halfpenny first introduced in the 16th century, Bawbee (sometimes baw bee) has offered rich pickings for traditional Scots

7. ‘Private houses generally contributed a halfpenny a week, and farmers gave a Basinful or a nogin of flour.’ More example sentences ‘Huge Basinfuls of the stuff wrapped in fresh banana leaves, were eaten with some fresh, hot palm oil stew.’