Five pence and ten pence coins are legal tender only up to the sum of ?; this means it is permissible to refuse payment of sums greater than this amount in 5p and 10p coins to settle a debt.
32.
The five pence pieces issued prior to 1998 showed the Saint Helena plover ( the " wirebird ", which is the national bird of St Helena ), whilst the ten pence coins issued prior to 1998 showed orchids.
33.
One shilling, the equivalent of five pence or eight US cents in today's money, was a high price for a card in those days . Cole used to spend that much on dinner at the Reform Club!
34.
In 1982 the Minister for Finance, Ray MacSharry, announced that a twenty or twenty-five pence coin might be designed, in August 1984 the twenty pence was chosen, the Arts Council of Ireland recommended the horse design.
35.
At 3 : 00pm on Saturday 29 March 2003, the tollgate and its cottage having been bought from the Rebecca Trustees by the Welsh Assembly Government, the toll ( still just five pence per day ) ceased to be levied.
36.
Five pence and ten pence coins are legal tender only up to the sum of ?; this means that it is permissible to refuse payment of sums greater than this amount in 5p and 10p coins in order to settle a debt.
37.
When the currency was decimalised, this coin continued to circulate alongside its replacement five pence ( which also featured a bull on the reverse ); the shilling was finally withdrawn from circulation on 1 January 1993 as a smaller five pence coin was introduced.
38.
When the currency was decimalised, this coin continued to circulate alongside its replacement five pence ( which also featured a bull on the reverse ); the shilling was finally withdrawn from circulation on 1 January 1993 as a smaller five pence coin was introduced.
39.
The extra glass of beer after midnight cost an extra one pence ( 1.6 cents ); uncorking another bottle of wine meant outlaying an extra five pence ( 8 cents ); and raising a stronger-spirited toast rose 26 pence ( 41 cents ) per bottle.
40.
"This paper was published at five pence, but, as I am informed, when the first number appeared, so much was it sought after, that, on its first appearance, it was eagerly bought in the streets of Dublin at one shilling and sixpence and two shillings a number.
