Half penny

Half penny

Halfpenny, half penny, or ha'penny may refer to:

Coins:
* Half penny (British decimal coin)
* Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)
* Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin)
* Halfpenny (Irish decimal coin)
* Halfpenny (Australian) (pre-decimal)
* New Zealand half penny coin (pre-decimal)
* The St. Patrick halfpenny, 17th century
* Scottish halfpenny coin, pre-Union

People:
* Jill Halfpenny, English actress
* William Halfpenny, English 18th-century architectural designer

Other:
* "Ha'penny" (novel), by Jo Walton
* Ha'penny Bridge, over the Liffey in Dublin
* Halfpenny Bridge, over the Thames in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
* Halfpenny Gate, village in County Down, Northern Ireland

ee also

* Bord halfpenny, a fee paid in markets and fairs by the Saxons to the lord
* Shove ha'penny, a pub game
* "Half-Penny, Two-Penny", 1981 song by Styx


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