"sevenpence" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1895, F. J. Cross, Beneath the Banner",
          "text": "A newspaper cost sevenpence; there were no national schools or Sunday schools, no penny publications, no penny postage, no railways, no gas, and no free libraries, and no free education!",
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          "ref": "1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets",
          "text": "\"A Costermonger in this street,\" says Crabbe, \"finding lately that his rope of onions, which he hoped would have brought a shilling, was to go for only sevenpence henceforth, burst forth into lamentation, execration and the most pathetic tears.",
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        "The value of seven old pennies."
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        "(UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies."
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  "etymology_text": "From the above.",
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        "Construed as singular."
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        "(UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular."
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        },
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          "ref": "1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets",
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        "The value of seven old pennies."
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  "etymology_text": "From the above.",
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        "Construed as singular."
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