A sixpence was worth 1/40 of a pound so it would be worth about $.04. (1/40 of $1.61)
Two three pence make one sixpence.
A British Sixpence in 1885 had the purchasing power of about £1.80 GBP today.
The exchange between a sixpence and American money varies widely on how well the market is doing. Currently, a sixpence is now only worth one U.S. penny.
A Sixpence was a small silver coin used in many countries of the British Empire that was the equivalent in value to 6 pennies, hence the name. Sixpence is also how you would refer to the combined value of 6 pennies. If you had 6 pennies, or 3 pennies and a Threepence in your pocket, you could say that you had sixpence in your pocket.
A sixpence was worth 1/40 of a pound so it would be worth about $.04. (1/40 of $1.61)
A Song of Sixpence has 344 pages.
A type of coin. It circulated during Colonial times in America. Back then, the Pound was not decimalized (divided into 100 cents/pence). 20 shillings made up a pound, and twelve pence made up a shilling. When the UK decimalized their currency in 1971, the sixpence was revalued to 2.5 new pence. Sixpence, however, continued to be legal tender into 1980.
Two three pence make one sixpence.
Like the name is saying: Six pennies are in a sixpence piece.
Both the Farthing and the Sixpence are part of the old redundant British currency. The Farthing was a quarter of a penny, therefore there were 24 Farthings in a Sixpence.
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You refer to a redundant or obsolete currency which no longer has an exchange rate with any other currency.Thirty-two and Sixpence, would be 32 Shillings and Sixpence (32/6) or, One Pound, Twelve Shillings and Sixpence (£1/12/6).At Britain's conversion to decimal currency in 1971, £1/12/6 in the old currency would have become £1.62 in the new currency.One Pound remained One Pound.Twelve Shillings converted to 60 New Pence.Sixpence converted to 2.5 New Pence for which there was no equivalent new coin.
The Halfcrown was equal to Two Shillings and Sixpence or Thirty Pence in the old currency. A Halfcrown was one-eighth of an old pre-decimal Pound. At the conversion to decimal currency, the Halfcrown became the equivalent of 12.5 New Pence or one-eighth of a "decimal" Pound.
The British Sixpence was known as a "Tanner". The Australian Sixpence was known as a "Zack".
E8 GBP is probably a mis-spelling, it should read £8 GBP. The £ is the symbol for the British Pound and is taken from the Roman Librae "L". £8 GBP is possibly the collector value of the Sixpence concerned.
Six. A tanner is a sixpence.