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Valued Member
Canada
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Dime is a 10th. In french, tithing (church donations) is called "la dime" and is supposed to be 10%.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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I think a sawbuck is $10 The Roman numeral for 10 is X,which happens to be the shape of sawbuck,a stand used by oldtimers to prop up logs for sawing.I guess pioneers somehow found humour in this. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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glenn...as always... you nailed it..........
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
864 Posts |
Interesting finding out the origins ;)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Australian collectors usually chime in on this one!
The Ten Pound Note: a 'Brick' It was of those proportions and colour.
The Crown: 'Casey's Cartwheel' It was an unpopular coin and lasted two years only. Lord Casey I think was Australian Treasurer at the time.
The Florin: 'two bob' The English term for a shilling was a 'bob', so the Australian Two shilling piece became the 'two bob'.
The Shilling: 'deaner'.
The Sixpence: 'zac'.
The Threepence 'trey' Probably from the German for three.
The Halfpenny: 'ha'penny' obviously shortened from halfpenny.
C'mon you Oz. collectors! I have shown myself to be fairly dumb on this subject.
Tell us where these terms came from, and give nicknames fot the ones I have missed out on.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
617 Posts |
I think some provinces here in Canada had half a penny as well, I'm told it was know as a "hay penny" of course that could have been local slang.
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Valued Member
Canada
311 Posts |
A shinplaster gained its name from the fact that the half dollar note became almost worthless during the depression, except for keeping ones shins warm and was stuffed down the socks to help keep the shins warm. The five dollar bill is referred to as a "fin". Where the name came from, I don't know.
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Valued Member
Canada
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About my time, some years ago, when the two dollar bill was used and no talk of loonies or toonies, I remember it being referred to as a "deuce", but do not know of its origin.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I don't know why it will not work, I will write the answers shortly, sorry for the trouble. take care.
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Valued Member
Canada
311 Posts |
I went to google, typed in "$10.00 sawbuck", hit enter, and chose the first heading. hit "languagehat.com Sawbuck" and it should give the explanations, take care.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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In Canada "shinplaster" refers to 25-cent notes issued by the government from 1870 till they were recalled in about 1935.Canadians popularly called them shinplasters because they resembled some worthless US fractional notes in size and quality of paper.Unlike the US notes for which they were named they did not lose value.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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shinplasters are still LEGAL currency
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Valued Member
Canada
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DBM, your correct, my error, they are a 25 cent note.
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