I spent ninepence of my capital in the purchase of a dozen pines, getting three separate lots of four at three-pence per lot.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
My capital was now reduced to one and ninepence.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
If beef, instead of being ninepence, should rise to a shilling, or fourteenpence a pound, some people would refuse to buy it altogether, and others would buy less than before.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons