sixpence

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

2. (historical) A former British or Irish coin worth six pennies, first minted in 1551.Examples: "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."countablehistoricaluncountable