The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twopence \Two"pence\ (?; 277), n. A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
twopence n 1: a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies [syn: twopence, tuppence]