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(historical) A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1496, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d. / (historical) A unit of weight amounting to 1/20 of a troy ounce.

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penny sterling

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penny sterling

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(historical) A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1496, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d. / (historical) A unit of weight amounting to 1/20 of a troy ounce.

Japanese Meaning

（歴史的）ポンド・スターリングの1/240の価値を持つ英国の硬貨。1496年以前は銀製、以降は銅製。略称: d. / （歴史的）トロイオンスの1/20に相当する重さの単位。

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The historian carefully catalogued each penny sterling in the collection, noting dates and mint marks.

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歴史家は収蔵品にあるそれぞれのポンド・スターリングのペニーを注意深く目録に記し、年代や鋳造所の刻印を記録した。

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The Semissis, or מםימם Mesimes, was the half of an assar, or the 192d part of a shekel: its weight was 2 barley corns, and its value equal to ּ146, or the 7th part nearly of a penny sterling.

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