sixpence

noun

1. (British, Irish, obsolete, uncountable)The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.

   “Finest apples, sixpence each.”

   “When the ferry-boat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.”

2. (countable, historical, uncountable)A former British or Irish coin worth six pennies, first minted in 1551.

   “Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?”

   “"One penny, sir!" He was roused at once from his abstraction; for it was a question to himself whether he had even that in his pocket. Sixpence was, however, discovered; he paid the toll, and passed on.”

   “I remember playing card games with my grandfather. Games of memory, not of skill. If I won, he gave me sixpence; if he won, he didn't. We would play until I was bored, or until he ran out of sixpences.”