1. a former British coin worth six pennies or half a shilling
Usage: historical

Examples

• My grandmother kept an old sixpence in her jewelry box.
• The song mentions finding a sixpence in your shoe for good luck.
• Before decimal currency, a sixpence could buy a small candy bar.
• He collected old coins, including several Victorian sixpence pieces.
• The bride placed a sixpence in her shoe following the old tradition.
• Sixpence coins were made of silver until 1947.