03-01-2007, 10:30 PM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
Pounds: Quid, Nicker (tends only to be used for higher amounts, no-one would say, "That cost me four nicker")
Fives and tens are fivers and tenners, but a twenty is just a twenty.
A pony is 25, a ton is 100, a monkey is 500 and a grand is 1000 - I don't know if you use those in the States.
You won't hear bob for money these days, it's a pre-decimal term. It was the name for a shilling (20 shillings in a pound in old money). Therefore a ten bob note is not the same as a ten pound note.
Coppers are the brown coins - 1 and 2 pence. The silver coins - 5, 20 and 50 pence - are often reffered to as shrapnel.
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