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Fippenny bit
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What's The Definition Of Fippenny bit?Synonyms | Synonyms for Fippenny bit: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fippenny bit: See Also | Fippenny bit In Webster's Dictionary \Fip"pen*ny bit`\ (? or ?). [Corruption of five
penny bit.]
The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so
called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.]
Note: Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the
adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign
coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently
for 61/4 cents, and was called in New England a
fourpence ha'penny or fourpence; in New York a
sixpence; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a fip; and
in Louisiana, a picayune.
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