I'd been wanting to ask that same question for months, sparked by viewings of the UK episodes of Antiques Roadshow and other BBC sit coms. But always held off feeling it non sequitor to the list. Appraiser on TV:"You paid 5 PEE? How wonderful! Well, you should have this insured for atleast 3000 sterling I would think." antique owner: "oh. That's wonderful." Me to my mom: "What the hell's a PEE? they pay in produce over there? Don't they get mushed in your pockets?" Which reminds me, what the hell's a sterling? There are other terms which I heard used on the BBC shows, and would at times jot down phonetically on a notepad when i figured they were talking about money. Eventually, I threw the list away when I felt the list had become to exhaustive. I estimate that the British have as many terms for money (slang and denomination) as Eskimos have words for SNOW. -Terry my own: chinks <- Elizabethan era term for money though not a specific denomination.
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