of little value; worthless: a
(Irish) a worthless, unimportant place, position or status. M. Keane Good Behaviour 60: Papa's half-amused, half-flattered retreat from the teasing seemed to me to put Mrs. Brock in the same halfpenny place as Mummie's French did .
A colloquialism meaning 'an inferior place', deriving from the low value of a ha'penny (halfpenny) coin.
More commonly the ten shilling note was a "ten bob note" or, in London, "half a bar". "As bent as a nine bob note" is or was a common colloquial phrase used to describe something or someone crooked or counterfeit, or alternatively (and now considered offensive) a gay man who is extremely camp.
Prices at the time of writing start from as low as £70 for a Richard II silver Halfpenny. Our highest value half Penny currently is the first issue William and Mary Copper half penny mentioned above, which has a price of £240 at the time of writing.
Australian Halfpennies were minted at different locational, nationally and internationally over the years from 1911 to 1964.
The 1923 Halfpenny is a classic Australian rarity with an elite status. The coin is Australia's rarest halfpenny and enjoys a constant stream of demand. Scarce, because only 15,000 are said to have been struck.
Benjamins. Benjamin Franklin has been on the $100 bill since 1914, and the slang Benjamins for $100 bills obviously references this fact. Less commonly, other dollar bills may also be referred to by the people depicted on them, such as Washingtons, Lincolns, Hamiltons, and Jacksons.
The term “grand” has been in use as an American slang from the early 1900s, presumably from the phrase “a grand sum of money” which meant $1,000. Well, it is not yet clear who first used the phrase. The best we can do, in most cases, is to find the earliest written usage, which is around 1915 for 'grand'.
Hunned. Meaning: (Noun) A street slang for hundred dollars. Example: This hunned should be placed in a time capsule.
A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny. [ Early 1700s]
: inexpensive candy originally costing a penny apiece.
Definition of 'tuppenny-ha'penny'
1. Also: twopenny-halfpenny. cheap or tawdry.
clod = a penny (1d). Clod was also used for other old copper coins. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper).
Spend a penny means to go to the toilet, especially a public toilet. One usually is said to be going to spend a penny. The expression is derived from the fact that public toilets were installed in the United Kingdom in the mid-1800s that required a penny to be unlocked.
Use red cent to mean an amount of money so small that it's basically worthless. A waiter might complain that her tips are so bad that she didn't earn a single red cent.
The British empire's control of India led to a number of phrases making their way across from the Raj to our shores, with a 'monkey' perhaps the most famous. Referring to £500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side.
Hello, 20 dollar bill simply means the 20$ note. However, the $20 bill is sometimes referred to as a "Jackson", or a "dub".
Buck is an informal reference to $1 that may trace its origins to the American colonial period when deerskins (buckskins) were commonly traded for goods. The buck also refers to the U.S. dollar as a currency that can be used both domestically and internationally.
Whilst this is not cemented in fact, the widely held belief is that the terms came from soldiers returning to Britain from India. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony.
Pinkies. Pinkies is a Kasi term for R50 or ZAR50, that is 50 rands.
For the uninitiated: “Chicken” means money. “Sahab” is slang term for friend. Lynch reportedly did not spend any money from his salaries and saved all of the money from his contracts during his NFL career. If true, Lynch saved nearly $50 million in salary money during his first 10 seasons in the NFL.
Rainbow toning occurs when atmospheric chemicals, especially sulfur, interact with the surface of a coin over a long period.
The 1930 Penny is a part of Australian folklore. Struck during the Great Depression, the coin is today a national icon and its star status has made it one of Australia's most valuable coins. And our most popular. It is unrivalled for popularity, enjoying a constant stream of demand unmatched by any other coin rarity.
According to rare coin dealer Andrew Crellin, the value of these two cent coins have been steadily increasing in value. "Several coins that have been independently graded as being among the finest known examples have recently made prices in excess of several thousand dollars on a leading online auction site," he says.