Unit |
Example |
Value |
cardecue |
AW IV.iii.270 for a cardecue he will see the fee-simple of his salvation |
[= quart d'ecu] French silver coin of little value; equivalent English value: about 8d |
denier |
1H4 III.iii.78 I’ll not pay a denier |
French copper coin of little value, 12th of a sou (which was a 20th of a livre); equivalent English value, 10th of a penny |
doit |
MV I.iii.137 I would ... take no doit / Of usance for my moneys |
Dutch coin of little value; equivalent English value, half a farthing |
drachma |
Cor I.v.5 See here these movers that do prize their hours / At a cracked drachma |
coin assumed to be of small value [cf. above] |
eight penny |
1H4 III.iii.103 [of a ring] A trifle, some eightpenny matter |
conventional expression for a trivial amount |
forty pence |
H8 II.iii.89 Is it bitter? Forty pence, no |
proverbial for a small sum; the standard amount of a bet or fee |
solidare |
Tim III.i.43 Here’s three solidares for thee |
not a known coin; perhaps derived from the solidus (Roman gold coin); expressive of a paltry sum |