There were 7 different British Sixpences issued during the Third and Fourth Issues (1561-77) of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Only one can be definitely put at 1562. There is another without a date.
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.
The Sixpence (six pennies) came from the British currency and spread to many of the Commonwealth countries at different times. Since all countries have now decimalised, the Sixpence is no longer in use. Apart from Britain, there was Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, Rhodesia, Malta and many others.
A Song of Sixpence has 344 pages.
Sixpence GBP in 1865 had the purchasing power of about £1.62 GBP today. NOTE - This historical conversion is the result of many calculations and considerations by a purpose designed program for which I can take no credit. The resulting answer should only be regarded as an approximation.
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Like the name is saying: Six pennies are in a sixpence piece.
Two three pence make one sixpence.
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.
There 13 common types
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The Sixpence was first minted in Britain about 1551. Since then there have been billions of them minted, not only in Britain, but in other countries using the old British Imperial currency system. The Sixpence is no longer legal tender in any of those countries and the currencies they belonged to are long since redundant or obsolete. You could only imagine how many Sixpences there might be in coin collections around the world and how many more there might be hidden away in Grandma's cupboard.