a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound
an annual tax of one penny from every householder having land of a certain value, paid to the papal see at Rome from Anglo-Saxon times until discontinued in 1534 after Henry VIII’s break with Rome
a former British coin equal to half an old or new penny. The last halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984
the sum of two pence, especially before decimalization (1971)