Usually means: Old British coins, worth sixpence.
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  1. sixpences: Merriam-Webster
  2. sixpences: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sixpences: Vocabulary.com
  4. sixpences: Wordnik
  5. sixpences: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sixpences: Wiktionary
  7. sixpences: Dictionary.com
  8. Sixpences: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Sixpences: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. sixpences: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sixpences: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sixpence)

noun:  (obsolete, British, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
noun:  (historical) A former British coin worth sixpence, first minted in 1551.
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