Use of “pence” to refer to sum of money, or the total amount of money that the author puts aside to buy what the amount is used for.

I encountered an article on Dictionary. There’s a web site called Dollar, in which pennies are not considered just a sum of money – they are the coins themselves. If the word “pence” is used, “pence” is mean money. It went on to say that the term pence was used to refer to a sum of money. I was pretty dubious about this statement, partly because I never heard anybody say pence in my stay in the US.

Can anybody back up this fact? The only source of information I got (other than UK currencies) that supports anything like this was Wikipedia.

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In USA, penny is used for the 1 cent coin, $2. In India, dollar is used for $1. In United States, clerical issues are not acceptable I have also heard pennies being used to mean “a small amount of money,” such as in: It is

a miracle I can save a few pennies every month.

As far as I recall, I have never heard pence being used as plural of penny, except maybe when referring to the British coins.

I have visited the East coast, from upper New York state to Washington D.C. I don’t know if the usage of those words changes in other places.

I have been there 4 years and love it.

Answered on March 25, 2021.
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I’m not aware that “pence” is used at all in the USA.

How do I make a penny to refer to a coin that is up to one cent?

In the United Kingdom, a penny is the official name of u00a30.01. What does “Pence” mean?

For a chocolate bar

that costs 63 pence 50 pennies

is likely to refer to 50 1p coins, whereas “50 pence” is more likely to refer to larger denominations come to the same value.

Answered on March 25, 2021.
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In America, it is two cents, not two pence. Only countries that have pound use the word pence, as far as I know. If there is a percentage of a virtual gold currency worth a penny, it is worth a dollar instead of pence. And those that do use pennies when they are referring to a number of physical coins worth a penny each, but pence when it is referring to a sum of money irrespective of which coins it is represented in.

How to read a box full of pennies falls on the floor?

Then what is this pennies in your wallet?

Is this coin worth giving away with other denominations?

Please give me ten pence for this kiss!

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Answered on March 25, 2021.
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