Potential Titles: Money [category]

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Alms.

Bill [dollar]:
Angel of ten dollar bills found in the dryer - Dean Young "Peach Farm" [Poetry June 2012]

Buck:
Selling stolen comics for eight bucks and change - Sophie Fink "The Dogs Don't Forgive Us"

Cash.

Cent.

Coin.

Currency.

Dime/Dimestore.

Dollar.

Dollar Bill:
Dollar bills for his index and ring fingers - Jake Skeets "Drunktown"

Angel of ten dollar bills found in the dryer - Dean Young "Peach Farm" [Poetry June 2012]

Doubloon:
A sparkling merry freight of doubloons - John Masefield "The Tarry Buccaneer"

Puts the doubloons over my eyes - Frank Stanford "The Mind Reader"

Drachma:
Dim drachmas of his infinite arrears - Rachel Annand Taylor "The Hours of Fiammetta XLIV: The Conquest of Immortality"

Ducat:
Of more esteem than ducats - Emily Dickinson "Book 1: Time and Eternity XXXVI: Lost"

Farthing:
Who but a witless gambler plays for farthing stakes - Stella Benson "Two Women Sing"

Bitter contested farthings - Emily Dickinson "Book 2: Life XI: Compensation"

Without e'en a farthing's expense - "Wonders of a Toy-Shop"

Gold.

Guinea:
And give ten guineas for a pint of peas - James Bramston "The Man of Taste"

Half-a-Crown:
Five crimes at half-a-crown - W.S. Gilbert "Gentle Alice Brown"

Mint.

Money.

Nickel.

Obol.

Pence.

Penny.

Shilling:
You owe no mortal man a shilling - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]

Although two shillings in the pound can't pay - James Parkerson "An Address to a Wealthy Libertine / or, the Melancholy Effects of Seduction"

Silver.

Sterling:
Pass for sterling truth in open day - "The Ghost of Chatham"

Shall prove its sterling worth - Arthur Caswell Parker "My Race Shall Live Anew"

Ten Dollar Bill:
Angel of ten dollar bills found in the dryer - Dean Young "Peach Farm" [Poetry June 2012]

Twopence:
Give twopence for the chance - John Clare "The Woodman"


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