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Galley PenceGenoese coin brought over by merchants (“galleymen”), who used the Galley Wharf, Thames Street. These pence, or rather halfpence, were larger than our own. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Galley PenceGenoese coin brought over by merchants (“galleymen”), who used the Galley Wharf, Thames Street. These pence, or rather halfpence, were larger than our own. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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