half sovereign

From another corner he tried to extricate a half-sovereign, but it would not come, the knot was too tight.

(fumbling for a half-sovereign, but on failing to find it, rashly flourishing his seal ring in their faces).

The wideawake then and there spun up into the air, even as the half-sovereign had spun before it.

And there Fanny sat gazing on the half-sovereign, as if she was half stupefied.