twopence

UK: /ˈtʌpəns/ US: (tup′əns)

Inflections of 'twopence' (n):

twopences

npl (For the coins only)

twopence

npl (All other usages)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

two•pence  (tup′əns), n., pl. -pence, -pen•ces for 2–4.

1. British Terms (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a sum of two pennies.
2. Currency a bronze coin of the United Kingdom equal to two pennies: issued after decimalization in 1971.
3. Currency a former copper coin of Great Britain, equal to two pennies, issued under George III.
4. Currency a former silver coin of England, equal to two pennies: issued only as maundy money after 1662.
5. a trifle.

Also, tuppence. 

• 1400–50; late Middle English two pens; see two, pence

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

twopence, tuppence / ˈtʌpəns/ noun

1. the sum of two pennies
2. (used with a negative) something of little value (in the phrase not careorgive twopence)
3. a former British silver coin, now only coined as Maundy money