Half-penny

Half-penny

Half-penny (engl., spr. hēp'nĭ), halber Penny (s. d.), dauernd vom 14. Jahrh. ab in Schottland und England geprägte Münze, nachdem das Zerschneiden des Penny nicht mehr beliebt war.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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