tenpence vs Great Britain

tenpence and Great Britain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tenpence	Yes	No	No	No
Great Britain	Yes	No	No	No

tenpence (noun)	Great Britain (noun)
a decimal coin worth ten pennies	an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom