ninepence

Brenda collapsed yesterday afternoon yet she was as right as ninepence when I saw her that morning.

It came to five shillings and ninepence.

Six shillings and ninepence halfpenny on the very first day!

Those who consume wheaten bread pay three guilders fifteen stivers; about six shillings and ninepence halfpenny.

The thought of a possible five shillings spent unnecessarily spurred her to action, and she decided to risk the waste of ninepence.

After all her painful traffic, the whole proceeds were perhaps half a dozen coppers, and a questionable ninepence which ultimately proved to be copper likewise.

A long argument ensued, in which the waiter took part, suggesting various solutions. At last Gino triumphed. The bill came to eightpence-halfpenny, and a halfpenny for the waiter brought it up to ninepence.

Two shillings, therefore, was the price of two bushels and near two pecks of wheat, which in the present times, at three shillings and sixpence the bushel, would be worth eight shillings and ninepence.

For a yard of this cloth the poor servant must have parted with the power of purchasing a quantity of subsistence equal to what eight shillings and ninepence would purchase in the present times.