Concept cluster: Social systems > Old or slang terms for money
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(historical) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland.
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An alloy of more than 95.84% silver, and up to 4.16% copper; in use for coin from 1697 to 1720, it was withdrawn because it was too soft.
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(UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
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A coin having face value of one centime.
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(US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
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A coin or medallion bearing an organization's emblem and carried by members to prove membership if challenged.
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(numismatics) Any of the (usually metal) stamps used in pairs during hammered coining to strike impressions of designs onto their obverse and reverse faces.
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(historical) A weight used to measure the weight of coins.
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(historical) A form of privately-minted token coinage struck and used during the late 18th century and early 19th century in Britain, fuelled by a shortage of small-denomination coins for everyday transactions.
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(countable) A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.
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Obsolete spelling of coin [(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.]
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Obsolete spelling of coin [(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.]
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Alternative form of crockard [(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.]
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(historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
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(informal) A 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value.
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(US, dated, 18th century) A dime minted in 1792.
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(US, obsolete) A dollar.
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(UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
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Alternative form of dollar of the daddies [(obsolete, colloquial) The pre-1873 American silver dollar.]
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(fantasy role-playing games) A common unit of currency in many fantasy role-playing games.
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A coin formerly minted in the United States, valued at five cents. It was discontinued in 1873.
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(bingo) twenty-six
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(Canada, informal, numismatics) The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987.
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A coin worth one mark.
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(Britain) Any of the specially minted coins given out by the reigning monarch on Maundy Thursday. Face values are 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence.
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(Britain) A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday.
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(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
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A five-dollar bill.
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(rhyming slang, now Australia, New Zealand) A dollar.
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(neologism, usually in the plural) Money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.
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Alternative form of pianny forty
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(historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
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A wallet.
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The translated name of various non-English units of currency
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Prior to decimalisation (specifically the decimalisation of British and Irish currency).
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(US, colloquial) A very small amount of money.
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(numismatics, historical) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver.
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Any of the countries that use the pound sterling as currency, or peg their own currencies to it.
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(US, slang) A dollar.
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(obsolete) A small piece of money.
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The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
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(historical) A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.
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(Canada, US, dated) Synonym of ten-dollar word.
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(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
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(slang, US) a U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington
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(numismatics) The lepton coin.
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A coin or note worth one yen.

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