Currency slang around the world

[poser765]

A bit of a movement to try and get Jackson off the 20 and put a woman on there instead.

Really? I hadn't heard that. Who did "they" have in mind?

[Kalis]

Really? I hadn't heard that. Who did "they" have in mind?

Please be Hillary.

[BloodyAngel12]

A monkey is £500.

There's a famous theme tune that uses the word 'pony', which only makes sense when you know a pony is £25 and not a small horse...

"Stick a pony in me pocket
I'll fetch the suitcase from the van
Cos if you want the best ones
But you don't ask questions
Then brother, I'm your man"

Am i the only one singing along to that?

[Deleted]

Am i the only one singing along to that?

No, it is stuck in my head and I curse Kalis, I love that series though since I know a real life uncle Albert.

[BloodyAngel12]

No, it is stuck in my head and I curse Kalis, I love that series though since I know a real life uncle Albert.

I will always love the show.

[Mercadi]

Are you Russian? That word doesn't seem Russian to me.

No, groš is not Czech only, it's a loanword from German. And it really just means (meant) a coin.

I'm half Russian. Dengi is a loan word from Turkic languages (I just looked up). In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan that word means "scales".
I guess it doesn't sound Russian with a hard "n". Don't know if there's a way to write soft letters in western script.

[Kalis]

Am i the only one singing along to that?

Just for you...

"We've got some half price cracked ice,
And miles and miles of carpet tiles,
TVs, deep freeze,
And David Bowie LPs,
Ball games, gold chains, whatsernames,
And at a push some Trevor Francis track suits from a mush in Shepherds Bush,
Bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush..."

[Deleted]

I'm half Russian. Dengi is a loan word from Turkic languages (I just looked up). In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan that word means "scales".
I guess it doesn't sound Russian with a hard "n". Don't know if there's a way to write soft letters in western script.

Well, we use modified Latin script. Soft "n" is "ň". Like I used "š" in groš before.
Basic Latin script is inferior to that, as it doesn't contain all sounds if not in words.

[Deleted]

Just for you...

"We've got some half price cracked ice,
And miles and miles of carpet tiles,
TVs, deep freeze,
And David Bowie LPs,
Ball games, gold chains, whatsernames,
And at a push some Trevor Francis track suits from a mush in Shepherds Bush,
Bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush..."

Now it is fucking stuck in my head and I hope something slightly unpleasant happens to you, such as an onion falling onto your head.

[Nygma7]

Same in the UK.

As a further contraction, 'Gs' is pretty common. "It'd set me back 10 Gs to finish the basement."

Also I think portrait references are pretty common. Besides the aforementioned "Lincoln", "Franklins" or "Benjamins" for $100s, "Grants" for $50s, "Jacksons" for $20. Never heard "Washingtons" before. Don't think I've ever heard "Jeffersons" either (though that wouldn't surprise me).

[Vouksh89]

Let's see... there's Hundo ($100), 5-spot or 10-spot, usually used when asking for a small amount of cash to be borrowed. The seemingly US-wide "bucks" term. That's all I can really think of off the top of my head.

[Tradu]

Are you Russian? That word doesn't seem Russian to me.

No, groš is not Czech only, it's a loanword from German. And it really just means (meant) a coin.

And German "borrowed" it from Italian and proceeded to butcher it, according to wikipedia.

[Cosmic Janitor]

As for as i know there's no slang for euros

Teuro in germany isn't unheard of..

I've also heard some punks..I mean kids say "Euronen" which is not the standard term (Euro(s)).

[Deleted]

In Spain we use "pavos" (turkeys).
In the times of the peseta, we called it "rubias" (blondes) and more commonly "pelas" (peels). The 5-peseta coin was called "duro" (hard one).

[Iphie]

Back before the euro we had:
Coins:
Stuivers = 5 cents
Duppies, dubbeltjes = 10 cents
Kwartjes = 25 cents
Riks, Knaak = 2,5 Guilders

Notes:
Joet = 10 Guilders
Geeltje = 25 Guilders
Meier, snip = 100 Guilders
Vuurtoren = 250 Guilders

I can't recall the names for a 1000 guilder note and the one for 50 guilders (Zonnebloem?). I've heard people use Daalder when referring to 1,5 guilder, but that wasn't a real coin and I'm not sure what the Euro is called now in the netherlands, I used Euro and the wrong plural of Euri's. I've used Euroduppie and Eurostuiver.

Anyone remember whether the 5 guilder coin had a name? I don't think the note ever had a specific name?.

As for money itself: dookoo, centen, slappe was (literally: weak laundry. Though it seems to originate from tanners and wax. usage: zij zitten goed in de slappe was, meaning: they're rich), and many more, mostly Yiddish, names.

[Ravenblade]

Teuro in germany isn't unheard of..

Was about to say that.

Teuro was the term used here in the beginning for a good reason.

[Independent voter]

I think we should call euros "ewws". The sound "eu" makes.

[Ravenblade]

I think we should call euros "ewws". The sound "eu" makes.

It's not spelt like that here.

[Terahertz]

Hmm, I always referred to money currencies as 'bucks' when I'm not sure about the precise currency.

[caliberza]

We use "bucks" as well, I'm sure most of the world does or is at least familiar with it, our R1 coin many years ago used to literally have a buck on it.

A grand is a thousand rand, it works better for us because our currency is already called Rand.

Less common but we also use use "moolah" sometimes.