Money of the value of three halfpennies, or a penny and a halfpenny (11/2d.); a silver coin of this value issued by Queen Elizabeth; also, a silver coin of William IV. and Victoria, issued for use in Ceylon.
1483. Cath. Angl., 385/1. Threhalpenys, trissis (A.).
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 151. They take three halfpence.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 181. To the Philosopher, three halfpence.
1726. Ipswich Jrnl., 26 Feb., 3/2. Two presented their pistols at him, while the third examin’d his Pockets, and took from him half a Guiena, a Crown, and Three Half-pence.
1872. Punch, 9 March, 105/1. In consequence of the high price of provisions, the fee for the hire of a chair with arms will be reduced to three-halfpence.
1898. G. B. Rawlings, Brit. Coinage, 65. The sixpence, threepence, threehalfpence, and threefarthings [of Q. Elizabeth], are distinguished by having a rose behind the head.
