Mudcat Café message #1900026

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Thread #96919 Message #1900026
Posted By: artbrooks
04-Dec-06 - 05:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mid 20th Century term for US paper money
Subject: RE: BS: Mid 20th Century term for US paper money

I've also heard them...from my father, who was from Rhode Island. I read/heard once that "fin" was from the German/Yiddish "finf," or five.