six-pence

From the Bahamas comes an exceptionally rare block of 12 six-pence stamps in pale lilac from 1861-62, featuring Queen Victoria (estimate: £35,000-£40,000).

Rare Stamps at Auction 2009

A gold watch one may be sure to get one's own for; but such a thing as that may'n't fetch six-pence, fine as it looks. '

Camilla 2008

A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

There was nothing of value found in it; not of six-pence value.

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

The life of the mind is not only a protection against boredom; it also wards off the pernicious effects of boredom; it keeps us from bad company, from the many dangers, misfortunes, losses and extravagances which the man who places his happiness entirely in the objective world is sure to encounter, My philosophy, for instance, has never brought me in a six-pence; but it has spared me many an expense.

The Wisdom of Life 2004

As he stopped to point out the road to her, she put her hand in her pocket to get the six-pence ready, and when he was turning away, without saying good-morning, she held it out to him and said, “Thank you; will you please to take something for your trouble?”

Adam Bede 2004

The last article of domestic oeconomy which I shall mention is fuel, or wood for firing, which I buy for eleven sols (a little more than six-pence halfpenny) a quintal, consisting of one hundred and fifty pound Nice weight.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

By spending three-pence in a coffeehouse, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for six-pence, breakfast on bread and milk for a penny, and do without supper.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004