Chapter 15

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penny scale
These existed back then, exactly as described;

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bringing out a fin
A five-dollar note is known colloquially as a fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck. A ten-dollar note is known colloquially as a ten-spot, a dixie, a sawbuck, or a tenner.

Brannock Device
The classic metal foot-measuring instrument you’ve seen in shoe stores and, yep, it dates right back to the 1930s.