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Pronunciation: [θɹˈiːpənˌi bˈɪt] (IPA)

The threepenny bit, also known as the three-cent piece, was once a widely used coin in the United Kingdom. Synonyms for this coin that were commonly used include the threepence, the thruppenny bit, and the threepenny piece. The obsolete coin was minted from 1937 to 1971 and featured an elegant design that featured the portrait of King George VI. Today, the threepenny bit is considered a historical artifact and is sought after by collectors and enthusiasts alike. Although it is no longer in circulation, the coin remains an important part of Britain's numismatic history.
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  • My business is too difficult. My business is trying to arouse human pity. There are few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is when they've been used several times, they no longer work. So it happens, for instance, that a man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time that he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll hand him over cold-bloodedly to the police.
    Bertolt Brecht
  • Your insolence and ignorance of the rights conceded to workers universally in the modern world were incredible, and as great as your inhumanity. If you had between you collectively a portion of human soul as large as a threepenny bit, you would have sat night and day with the representatives of labour, trying this or that solution of the trouble, mindful of the women and children, who at least were innocent of wrong against you. But no! You reminded labour you could always have your three square meals a day while it went hungry.
    George William Russell

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