Speaking of money

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87605

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n...> 
wrote:
> 
> K
> 
> Oh come on, everyone here is totally missing the opportunity to 
confuse our
> American cousins with the sort of slang that seventies cop shows 
would have
> you believe is used by *every* criminal in the world (and used car 
dealers
> but no one else, it was a sort of shorthand in the minds of writers 
for
> convincing you that a certain character was dodgy) - monkey, pony 
etc etc.

Geoff:
But it is only really used in betting circles. You just don't hear 
everyday folk in the street using those terms.

Comment for Catlady's benefit... A sovereign is used to describe a 
(real) gold pound coin.