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FINE AS FIVEPENCE

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Fine as Fivepence The ancient Saxon shilling was a coin worth 5d. "To dress fine as fivepence" is to dress very smartly. The Saxon shilling was a far better coin than those made of tin, lead, and other inferior metals. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: FINE AS FIVEPENCE

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-n-p-s-v"

-5 letters: fivepences, sevenpence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FINE AS FIVEPENCE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 49 4E 45      41 53      46 49 56 45 50 45 4E 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01000001 01010011 00100000 01000110 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010000 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#65 &#83 &#32 &#70 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#80 &#69 &#78 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0049 004E 0045      0041 0053      0046 0049 0056 0045 0050 0045 004E 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40434839235532404356395039483739

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