See also:

• SOU (O. Fr. sol, Lat, solidus, sc. nummus)

SOU (O. Fr. sol, See also:

• LAT

Lat, solidus, sc. nummus)  , the name of the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze 5-centime See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin, corresponding to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English " See also:

• HALFPENNY, WILLIAM

halfpenny." It is still colloquially used in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in reckoning, and the See also:

• FRANC

franc, 2 and 5-franc pieces are known as piece de vingt, quarante and cent sous respectively . The solidus was originally a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold coin, first struck c . A.D . 312 by See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine to take the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the aureus . In the Eastern See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire this gold coin was the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard down to 1453, and, as the " See also:

• BEZANT

bezant," circulated from See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal to the Indies . In the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West after See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin gold coinage ceased and the solidus in See also:

• SILVER

silver became the standard, one See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound of silver making 22 sots (solidi) and 264 deniers (denarii) . Under See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne one pound of silver= 20 sols= 240 deniers . The livre (See also:

• LIBRA (" THE BALANCE ")

libra), the sol and the denier formed the universal See also:

• MONEY

money of See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account throughout France until the Revolution; and they have See also:

• LEFT

left their See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark on the English money Symbols s. d., for pounds, shillings and pence .