Translation for '
pence' from English to Russian
NOUN | a penny | pennies [individual coins] / pence [UK, amount of money] | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- Bermuda decimalised in 1970, by introducing the Bermudian dollar equal to 8 shillings 4 pence (100 pence, effectively equal to the US dollar under the Bretton Woods system).
- It was released because the United Kingdom had changed over to decimal currency. There were three denominations - five pence, ten pence and fifty pence.
- The coin is a continuation of the crown, which after decimalisation became the commemorative twenty-five pence coin.
- Prior to 1971, the United Kingdom had been using the pounds, shillings, and pence currency system.
- Two different envelopes were issued, a 1½ pence/10 pfennige in 1875 and a 2½ pence/20 pfennige in 1879 both with an embossed head of Queen Victoria.
- For 2016/17 the multiplier is 49.7 pence and the small business rate multiplier is 48.4 pence.
- Since 2007, gasoline prices in the UK rose by nearly 40 pence per liter, going from 97.3 pence per liter in 2007 to 136.8 pence per liter in 2012.
- In July 1916, standard contract prices for UK produced shells were 12 shillings and 6 pence (62.5 pence in modern terms) for HE and 18 shillings and 6 pence for shrapnel.
- Sepura's share price on the London Stock Exchange subsequently lost 95% of its value, dropping from 200 pence to a low of just 9.7 pence in a 3-month period between July 2016 and September 2016.
- The company's stock debuted at 262 pence per share and closed at 330 pence per share, giving it a £1.4bn valuation.
- On 12 March 2020, the business announced that it was taking steps to assess accurately its current liquidity and cashflow position, with shares trading at circa 7 pence, down 97% from 11 December 2019 when their value peaked at 215 pence.
- The first issue of stamps for the colony of Canada was made in 1851 and comprised three pence, six pence, and 12 pence values.
- In 1982, the word "new" in "new penny" or "new pence" was removed from the inscriptions on coins, and was replaced by the number of pence in the denomination (for example, "ten pence" or "fifty pence").
- According to 19th-century sources, it was initially equivalent to 100 pence, but after the Norman Conquest (1066), it was worth 160 pence (13 shillings and 4 pence), two-thirds of a pound sterling.
- The AM$ (Ankh-Morpork dollar) is equal to 100 pennies (pence).
- As in the UK, 5 and 10 new pence coins were introduced in 1968, followed by 50 new pence coins in 1969, before decimalisation took place in 1971 and the [...] , 1 and 2 new pence coins were introduced.
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