The British decimal halfpenny ( HAPE-nee) (1⁄2p) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage introduced in February 1971, at the time of decimalisation, and was worth 1⁄200 of one pound. It was ignored in banking transactions, which were carried out...
Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story...
The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄240 of one pound (in new notation: ~£0.0042 or 5⁄12 of a new penny) or 1⁄12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman denarius coin. It was a continuation of the...
The British decimal penny (1p) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄100 of one pound, or one penny. Its obverse featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was...
A penny is a coin (pl.: pennies) or a unit of currency (pl.: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbr. d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system.
The farthing (derived from the Old English feorthing, a fourth part) was a British coin worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling). This is the equivalent of around 1⁄10 of a new penny. It ceased to be struck after 1956 and was...
The Suffragette penny is the name given to surviving examples of pre-decimal British pennies that were defaced by British suffragettes. There are currently only 10 or 11 pennies known to exist and all are believed to date from 1913.
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp features a profile of 21-year-old Queen Victoria.
