sixpence

Etymology

From six + pence.

noun

1. (obsolete, Britain, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
   Finest apples, sixpence each.
2. (historical) A former British coin worth sixpence, 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. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 55
   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. 1994, Neil Gaiman, Mr. Punch