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Oct 22, 2018 13:17:03 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 22, 2018 13:17:03 GMT -5
So I've noticed there are slang words for British currency, like quid (pound). I can't think of many more at the minute, but I'm trying to come up with ones for American currency.
All I have at the minute is buck. Where did that even come from?
If you've other currency related musings, then put them here too. Go wild @johnr.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 22, 2018 13:28:25 GMT -5
 1. Bank: money 2. Benjamins: a one-hundred-dollar bill (in reference to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin that distinguishes it) 3. Big ones: multiples of one thousand dollars 4. Bills: multiples of one hundred dollars 5. Bones: dollars (origin unknown) 6. Bread: money in general (on the analogy of it being a staple of life) 7. Bucks: dollars (perhaps from a reference to buckskins, or deerskins, which were once used as currency) 8. Cabbage: paper money (from its color) 9. Cheddar (or chedda): money (origin unknown, but perhaps from the concept of cheese distributed by the government to welfare recipients) 10. Clams: dollars (perhaps from the onetime use of seashells as currency) 11. Coin: money, either paper or coinage 12-13. Cs (or C-notes): multiples of one hundred dollars (from the Roman symbol for “one hundred”) 14. Dead presidents: paper money (from the portraits of various former US presidents that usually distinguish bills of various denominations) 15. Dime: ten dollars (by multiplication of the value of the ten-cent coin) 16. Dough: money in general (akin to the usage of bread) 17-18. Doubles (or dubs): twenty-dollar bills 19. Ducats: money (from the Italian coin) 20. Fins: five-dollar bills (perhaps from the shared initial sound with fives) 21. Five-spots: five-dollar bills 22. Fivers: five-dollar bills 23. Folding stuff: paper money 24. Greenbacks: paper money (from the color of the ink) 25. Gs: thousand-dollar bills (an abbreviation for grand) 26. Grand: one thousand dollars (as in “three grand” for “three thousand dollars”) 27. Large: thousand-dollar bills 28. Lettuce: paper money (from its color) 29. Long green: paper money (from its shape and color) 30. Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war) 31. Lucre: money or profit (from the biblical expression “filthy lucre,” meaning “ill-gained money”) 32. Moola (or moolah): money (origin unknown) 33. Nickel: five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the five-cent coin) 34. Ones: dollars (also, fives for “five-dollar bills,” tens for “ten-dollar bills,” and so on) 35. Quarter: twenty-five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the twenty-five-cent coin) 36. Sawbucks: ten-dollar bills (from the resemblance of X, the Roman symbol for ten, to a sawbuck, or sawhorse) 37. Scratch: money (perhaps from the idea that one has to struggle as if scratching the ground to obtain it) 38. Shekels: dollars (from the biblical currency) 39. Simoleons: dollars (perhaps from a combination of simon, slang for the British sixpence and later the American dollar, and napoleon, a form of French currency) 40. Singles: one-dollar bills 41. Skrilla: money (origin unknown) 42. Smackers: dollars (origin unknown) 43. Spondulix: money (either from spondylus, a Greek word for a shell once used as currency, or from the prefix spondylo-, which means “spine” or “vertebra”; these have a common etymology) 44. Stacks: multiples of a thousand dollars 45. Tenners: ten-dollar bills 46. Ten-spots: ten-dollar bills 47. Two bits: twenty-five cents (a reference to pieces of eight, divisible sections of a Mexican real, or dollar) 48. Wad: a bundle of paper money 49. Wampum: money (from the Native American term wampumpeag, referring to native currency) 50. Yards: one hundred dollars
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 22, 2018 13:32:52 GMT -5
So I've noticed there are slang words for British currency, like quid (pound). I can't think of many more at the minute, but I'm trying to come up with ones for American currency. All I have at the minute is buck. Where did that even come from? If you've other currency related musings, then put them here too. Go wild @johnr . Invited, I have a nasty tendency to dig through etymology. "Buck" is a shortened form of "sawbuck." In turn, sawbuck comes to us as a Dutch loan word: |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 22, 2018 13:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by Baboo on Oct 22, 2018 13:55:34 GMT -5
"Currency" can also signify, street cred or good reputation.
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Post by scrooge on Oct 22, 2018 14:46:50 GMT -5
Way to go Brad.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 22, 2018 15:15:32 GMT -5
"bob" for Shillings.
"tanner" for a six pence coin.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Oct 22, 2018 16:59:00 GMT -5
I'm partial to simoleon. Boss Hog always said simoleons.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 22, 2018 17:49:40 GMT -5
Frog skins
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Oct 22, 2018 17:56:56 GMT -5
Duckettes
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Post by slowroll on Oct 22, 2018 18:12:10 GMT -5
And how about the base of our currency, the dollar ? That comes from an anglisized pronunciation of the old Germanic/Holy Roman Empire Thaler. When one pronounces that in German, it sounds vey like dollar but with a t sound rather than "d".
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 22, 2018 18:33:57 GMT -5
WOW...Brad, you are amazing!! Getting a new education in that which I don't have (money).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 20:23:05 GMT -5
So I've noticed there are slang words for British currency, like quid (pound). I can't think of many more at the minute, but I'm trying to come up with ones for American currency. All I have at the minute is buck. Where did that even come from? If you've other currency related musings, then put them here too. Go wild @johnr . I would like to know the money values used in Great Britain old and new. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 22, 2018 21:31:24 GMT -5
Slim: The name of my wallet
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Post by cgvt on Oct 22, 2018 21:36:28 GMT -5
Knew a guy who called money Guacs (short for guacamole)
Bob's selling his car.
How many guacs?
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Post by Wolfman on Oct 24, 2018 5:47:28 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 24, 2018 6:03:53 GMT -5
So I've noticed there are slang words for British currency, like quid (pound). I can't think of many more at the minute, but I'm trying to come up with ones for American currency. All I have at the minute is buck. Where did that even come from? If you've other currency related musings, then put them here too. Go wild @johnr . I would like to know the money values used in Great Britain old and new. I copied this from Wikipedia... Decimal coinage Since decimalisation in 1971 (see Decimal Day), the pound has been divided into 100 pence (until 1981 described on the coinage as "new pence"). The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) properly pronounced "fifty pence" is more colloquially, quite often, pronounced "fifty pee" /fifti pi/. This also helped to distinguish between new and old pence amounts during the changeover to the decimal system. A decimal halfpenny was issued until 1984, but was removed due to having a higher cost to manufacture than its face value. Pre-decimal The Hatter's hat shows an example of the old pre-decimal system: the hat costs half a guinea (10 shillings and 6 pence). Before decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound. The symbol for the shilling was "s."—not from the first letter of the word, but from the Latin solidus. The symbol for the penny was "d.", from the French denier, from the Latin denarius (the solidus and denarius were Roman coins). A mixed sum of shillings and pence, such as 3 shillings and 6 pence, was written as "3/6" or "3s. 6d." and spoken as "three and six" or "three and sixpence" except for "1/1," "2/1" etc., which were spoken as "one and a penny", "two and a penny", etc.). 5 shillings, for example, was written as "5s." or, more commonly, "5/–". Various coin denominations had, and in some cases continue to have, special names—such as crown, farthing, sovereign and guinea. See Coins of the pound sterling and List of British coins and banknotes for details. By the 1950s, coins of Kings George III, George IV and William IV had disappeared from circulation, but coins (at least the penny) bearing the head of any British king or queen from Queen Victoria onwards could be found in circulation. Silver coins were replaced by those in cupro-nickel in 1947, and by the 1960s the silver coins were rarely seen. Silver/cupro-nickel shillings (from any period after 1816) and florins (2 shillings) remained as legal tender after decimalisation (as 5p and 10p respectively) until 1993, but are now officially demonetised. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 24, 2018 7:09:40 GMT -5
I would like to know the money values used in Great Britain old and new. I copied this from Wikipedia... Decimal coinage Since decimalisation in 1971 (see Decimal Day), the pound has been divided into 100 pence (until 1981 described on the coinage as "new pence"). The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) properly pronounced "fifty pence" is more colloquially, quite often, pronounced "fifty pee" /fifti pi/. This also helped to distinguish between new and old pence amounts during the changeover to the decimal system. A decimal halfpenny was issued until 1984, but was removed due to having a higher cost to manufacture than its face value. Pre-decimal The Hatter's hat shows an example of the old pre-decimal system: the hat costs half a guinea (10 shillings and 6 pence). Before decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound. The symbol for the shilling was "s."—not from the first letter of the word, but from the Latin solidus. The symbol for the penny was "d.", from the French denier, from the Latin denarius (the solidus and denarius were Roman coins). A mixed sum of shillings and pence, such as 3 shillings and 6 pence, was written as "3/6" or "3s. 6d." and spoken as "three and six" or "three and sixpence" except for "1/1," "2/1" etc., which were spoken as "one and a penny", "two and a penny", etc.). 5 shillings, for example, was written as "5s." or, more commonly, "5/–". Various coin denominations had, and in some cases continue to have, special names—such as crown, farthing, sovereign and guinea. See Coins of the pound sterling and List of British coins and banknotes for details. By the 1950s, coins of Kings George III, George IV and William IV had disappeared from circulation, but coins (at least the penny) bearing the head of any British king or queen from Queen Victoria onwards could be found in circulation. Silver coins were replaced by those in cupro-nickel in 1947, and by the 1960s the silver coins were rarely seen. Silver/cupro-nickel shillings (from any period after 1816) and florins (2 shillings) remained as legal tender after decimalisation (as 5p and 10p respectively) until 1993, but are now officially demonetised. I used to get a kick out of "Guineas" versus "Pounds". 21 versus 20 Shillings. As far as I can recall, the most useful application was during auctions to outbid another. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 7:25:59 GMT -5
Allied Military Currency in Italy During WWII....carry a few of these rolled up in your pockets. Some of Italy’s paper bills were actually much longer at one point.  ![]() PS
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 8:08:19 GMT -5
Thank you Paddy for all of this great info.
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Currency
Oct 24, 2018 8:22:08 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 24, 2018 8:22:08 GMT -5
Thank you Paddy for all of this great info. you're more than welcome. |
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Post by Screaming Jazz on Oct 24, 2018 12:37:50 GMT -5
1. Bank: money 2. Benjamins: a one-hundred-dollar bill (in reference to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin that distinguishes it) 3. Big ones: multiples of one thousand dollars 4. Bills: multiples of one hundred dollars 5. Bones: dollars (origin unknown) 6. Bread: money in general (on the analogy of it being a staple of life) 7. Bucks: dollars (perhaps from a reference to buckskins, or deerskins, which were once used as currency) 8. Cabbage: paper money (from its color) 9. Cheddar (or chedda): money (origin unknown, but perhaps from the concept of cheese distributed by the government to welfare recipients) 10. Clams: dollars (perhaps from the onetime use of seashells as currency) 11. Coin: money, either paper or coinage 12-13. Cs (or C-notes): multiples of one hundred dollars (from the Roman symbol for “one hundred”) 14. Dead presidents: paper money (from the portraits of various former US presidents that usually distinguish bills of various denominations) 15. Dime: ten dollars (by multiplication of the value of the ten-cent coin) 16. Dough: money in general (akin to the usage of bread) 17-18. Doubles (or dubs): twenty-dollar bills 19. Ducats: money (from the Italian coin) 20. Fins: five-dollar bills (perhaps from the shared initial sound with fives) 21. Five-spots: five-dollar bills 22. Fivers: five-dollar bills 23. Folding stuff: paper money 24. Greenbacks: paper money (from the color of the ink) 25. Gs: thousand-dollar bills (an abbreviation for grand) 26. Grand: one thousand dollars (as in “three grand” for “three thousand dollars”) 27. Large: thousand-dollar bills 28. Lettuce: paper money (from its color) 29. Long green: paper money (from its shape and color) 30. Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war) 31. Lucre: money or profit (from the biblical expression “filthy lucre,” meaning “ill-gained money”) 32. Moola (or moolah): money (origin unknown) 33. Nickel: five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the five-cent coin) 34. Ones: dollars (also, fives for “five-dollar bills,” tens for “ten-dollar bills,” and so on) 35. Quarter: twenty-five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the twenty-five-cent coin) 36. Sawbucks: ten-dollar bills (from the resemblance of X, the Roman symbol for ten, to a sawbuck, or sawhorse) 37. Scratch: money (perhaps from the idea that one has to struggle as if scratching the ground to obtain it) 38. Shekels: dollars (from the biblical currency) 39. Simoleons: dollars (perhaps from a combination of simon, slang for the British sixpence and later the American dollar, and napoleon, a form of French currency) 40. Singles: one-dollar bills 41. Skrilla: money (origin unknown) 42. Smackers: dollars (origin unknown) 43. Spondulix: money (either from spondylus, a Greek word for a shell once used as currency, or from the prefix spondylo-, which means “spine” or “vertebra”; these have a common etymology) 44. Stacks: multiples of a thousand dollars 45. Tenners: ten-dollar bills 46. Ten-spots: ten-dollar bills 47. Two bits: twenty-five cents (a reference to pieces of eight, divisible sections of a Mexican real, or dollar) 48. Wad: a bundle of paper money 49. Wampum: money (from the Native American term wampumpeag, referring to native currency) 50. Yards: one hundred dollars Solid list! |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 24, 2018 20:30:12 GMT -5
And how about the base of our currency, the dollar ? That comes from an anglisized pronunciation of the old Germanic/Holy Roman Empire Thaler. When one pronounces that in German, it sounds vey like dollar but with a t sound rather than "d". The “Thaler,” in turn, comes from the location of a staggering silver lode discovered in the 16th century. They coined so much silver that the place name itself became synonymous with money in many European countries. It also caused runaway inflation throughout the Western Hemisphere. Precious metal monetary standards don’t necessarily create “sound” money — they just tie the money supply to the caprice of fate. Someone finds silver five thousand miles away and your economy washes away in a tide of cheap silver. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 24, 2018 20:32:44 GMT -5
"Currency" can also signify, street cred or good reputation. That is kinda where the legal sense comes from. Money is an article that has currency. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 24, 2018 20:38:33 GMT -5
I copied this from Wikipedia... Decimal coinage Since decimalisation in 1971 (see Decimal Day), the pound has been divided into 100 pence (until 1981 described on the coinage as "new pence"). The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p (£0.50) properly pronounced "fifty pence" is more colloquially, quite often, pronounced "fifty pee" /fifti pi/. This also helped to distinguish between new and old pence amounts during the changeover to the decimal system. A decimal halfpenny was issued until 1984, but was removed due to having a higher cost to manufacture than its face value. Pre-decimal The Hatter's hat shows an example of the old pre-decimal system: the hat costs half a guinea (10 shillings and 6 pence). Before decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound. The symbol for the shilling was "s."—not from the first letter of the word, but from the Latin solidus. The symbol for the penny was "d.", from the French denier, from the Latin denarius (the solidus and denarius were Roman coins). A mixed sum of shillings and pence, such as 3 shillings and 6 pence, was written as "3/6" or "3s. 6d." and spoken as "three and six" or "three and sixpence" except for "1/1," "2/1" etc., which were spoken as "one and a penny", "two and a penny", etc.). 5 shillings, for example, was written as "5s." or, more commonly, "5/–". Various coin denominations had, and in some cases continue to have, special names—such as crown, farthing, sovereign and guinea. See Coins of the pound sterling and List of British coins and banknotes for details. By the 1950s, coins of Kings George III, George IV and William IV had disappeared from circulation, but coins (at least the penny) bearing the head of any British king or queen from Queen Victoria onwards could be found in circulation. Silver coins were replaced by those in cupro-nickel in 1947, and by the 1960s the silver coins were rarely seen. Silver/cupro-nickel shillings (from any period after 1816) and florins (2 shillings) remained as legal tender after decimalisation (as 5p and 10p respectively) until 1993, but are now officially demonetised. I used to get a kick out of "Guineas" versus "Pounds". 21 versus 20 Shillings. As far as I can recall, the most useful application was during auctions to outbid another. Britain was historicaly a bimetallic system. Guineas were specifically gold coins, not silver. Pricing and bidding in guineas inplied you or your customers were the men of means who carried gold coinage.  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 24, 2018 20:40:38 GMT -5
Very interesting...never thought about the process or meaning of that. Thanks for the enlightenment.
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1. Bank: money
