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Nicknames for money......Two Bits anyone?

MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
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On another forum I used "Double Sawbuck" to describe a $20 bill.

My favorite though is Simoleon. I mean, where the hell did that come from?

Seems like the paper has better nicknames than coinage. Let's see what we can put together.

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    cabbage, quid, bucks, greenbacks, large, cashola
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    6 cent piece, 11 cent piece, 125 cent piece, etc
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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    "Cash money on the barrelhead" is another great term.

    Could always imagine Sam Drucker and a few firearms nearby.
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    dead presidents

    dough


  • phnataccphnatacc Posts: 367 ✭✭


    << <i>My favorite though is Simoleon. I mean, where the hell did that come from? >>



    It is believed to be a blend of simon (slang for a sixpence) and Napoleon (for the 20 franc). Possibly originating from New Orleans.
  • phnataccphnatacc Posts: 367 ✭✭
    Greenbacks and Benjamins.
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    Shekles, Money Cashiolini image
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  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    Dub, clam, yard, rock, ducket.

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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Filthy lucre
    Fin ($5 bill)

    Fruits and vegetables seems to be easily adapted to money - bananas, beans, coconuts, cabbage
    Also animals: clams

    Long green
    Geetus (heard this in a Three Stooges short, I imagine it's probably Yiddish).

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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    $1000 is called a grand, that's what I always heard growing up near Chicago in the '60s, I always thought it was a Chicago gangster term from the days of Capone

    edit - well, that's wrong, according to the straight dope website, "The term "grand" is American slang from the early 1900s, presumably from the expression "a grand sum of money" to mean $1,000. As with most questions of etymology, we don't know who first used the phrase. The best we can do, in most cases, is to find the earliest written usage, which is around 1915 for "grand." But the term was probably used in conversation for a while before it appeared in writing."
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    In bookmaking parlance, $500 is a Nickel and $1000 is a Dime.
  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Per W.C. Fields, and it's the trade name of a well-liked East Coast dealer, "The Elusive Spondulix"
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    a deuce.
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  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    K, C-Note, 2-bits, 4-bits?, Nic, G's, Slug (russian kopeks or Humbert Hex,) Double Dime, Fivers, Slivers, Paint-Chips, Epoxy Buttons, Scrap, Pin-Backs, Super-Notes, Grey Berries, FlapJacks, Canvas-backs, Mono's, Dupes, Cappers...I got more!...
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    10 Large
  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Skrill or Skrilla (any form of money)

    A Rack or Racks (A Rack is $1,000 dollars, 10 Racks times 10 = 100 Grand)

    Cheese or Butter or Cream (any form of money)

    Dead Presidents (usually in bill form)

    Skritch (similar to Scratch but a different form of Ebonics, usually from the southern part of The United States)

    Paper (any form of money)

    ...I grew up in and around Oakland CA, and I have actually been shooting in dice games where all of the above terminology could be used during a single sitting.

    Erik

    Edit: added only
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    In the sixties, my dad would call $1000 a Long One.

    Guess they have shortened a bit since then.
  • dogwooddogwood Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭
    We used to replace the word "Dollars" with "Scones", especially when it referred to alcohol contributions.
    "Scoots" was also an occasional substitute.
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yang

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    Large = Grand

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,180 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ive heard it called " cashus king" (fwiw)
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    G-Whiz

    G-note




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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    A Handful


    ( $500. )


    C-note

    ( $100 )

    G

    ( $1,000 )

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    Bennies, wad, smackers, fivers, grease
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stacks/Bricks. I think those were wrapped stacks of 100s? $10K?
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    Jing, paper, bills...
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    Geld. Gelt.
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    cha-ching
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  • swhuckswhuck Posts: 546 ✭✭✭
    Buckeroos, smackers.

    I always wanted to nickname the twenty cent piece a "Par-a-dime".
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,709 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>On another forum I used "Double Sawbuck" to describe a $20 bill.

    My favorite though is Simoleon. I mean, where the hell did that come from?

    Seems like the paper has better nicknames than coinage. Let's see what we can put together. >>



    I subscribe to this website, which is a fascinating source of information on the origins of English (and American English) words. Their weekly blog is priceless. I highly recommend you subscribe.

    linky

    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • Coins101Coins101 Posts: 2,603 ✭✭✭
    Dolla

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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>On another forum I used "Double Sawbuck" to describe a $20 bill.

    My favorite though is Simoleon. I mean, where the hell did that come from?

    Seems like the paper has better nicknames than coinage. Let's see what we can put together. >>



    I subscribe to this website, which is a fascinating source of information on the origins of English (and American English) words. Their weekly blog is priceless. I highly recommend you subscribe.

    linky

    TD >>



    Thank you for the link, Tom.

    Growing up, my grandmother had a Half Dime that she found when working retail. She told us about twenty different times that it was a Half Dime and not a Nickel. We thought she was crazy.

    image

    Sure miss you grandma.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think one of the oldest nicknames for money is COIN

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tangle, coin of the realm, jingle, moola.... Cheers, RickO
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Grease...as in grease the palm.

    ...at least that was Uncle Eddie's line!
  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A buddy of mine, still uses the term "ducketts"

    Steve
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