Noun
sevenpence pl (plural only)
(UK, obsolete) The value of seven old pennies.
sevenpence (plural sevenpences)
(UK, obsolete, rare) Construed as singular.
Buxton, p. 150. Gladstone refused to borrow the money needed to rectify this deficit and instead increased income tax by half, from sevenpence to tenpence-halfpenny in the pound (From ≈2.92% to ≈4.38%). Source: Internet
In 1861 the tax was reduced to ninepence (£0–0s–9d), in 1863 to sevenpence, in 1864 to fivepence and in 1865 to fourpence. Source: Internet