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Examples of fourpence
fourpence
The first English coin we can surely identify is a Groat, originally worth fourpence.
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The Essex men wanted an end to their serfdom and the right to rent land at fourpence an acre.
From the economist.com
When a peasant asks tenpence for something that is worth fourpence, the tourist misunderstands the whole problem.
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Institutions, such as universal suffrage, are harder to overturn than policies, such as rent of fourpence an acre.
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In 1966, two stamps were issued, priced fourpence and 1 shilling and threepence, both carrying Burns'portrait.
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The government-subsidized bus company, which started the trouble by upping its fare from fourpence to fivepence, would go on collecting the higher fare.
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He seems to have spent a heck of a lot of time trying to find Elizabeth a particular brand of black silk stockings she liked, which cost 53 shillings and fourpence a throw.
From the guardian.co.uk
Britannia also appeared on the penny coin between 1797 and 1970, occasional issues such as the fourpence under William IV between 1836 and 1837, and on the 50 pence coin between 1969 and 2008.
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The canal was therefore funded by imposing an extra tax on alcohol sold in the districts through which the canal would pass, which amounted to one penny per gallon on ale and fourpence on spirits.
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- A former English silver coin worth four pennies
