In 1797, the government authorised Matthew Boulton to strike copper pennies and twopences at his Soho Mint in Birmingham.
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Twopence coins identical to Maundy pieces, intended for colonial use, were struck in 1838, 1843, and 1848.
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They received one penny for every'dish'of ore and twopence farthing for every load of hillock-stuff.
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?4.8s . 2d ( fourteen pounds, eight shillings and twopence pronounced " tuppence " in columns of figures.
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The scheme was contributed to by the worker who contributed fourpence, the employer who contributed threepence and the government who contributed twopence.
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At twopence apiece this would be expensive, and there might be difficulties afterwards if the cloak room sorting arrangements were not perfect ".
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The coins with the portcullis counter-mark were revalued at fourpence halfpenny, and the coins with the greyhound were revalued at twopence farthing.
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Just to add my twopence worth-I knew if I came here and typed " whitespace " into page search I'd find this thread.
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To alleviate this coin shortage, in 1797, the government authorised Matthew Boulton to strike copper pennies and twopences at his Soho Mint, in Birmingham.
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It is said that in 1890 the royalty on standing timber fell in some cases to as low as twopence ( NZ $ 0.45 in 2003 )[