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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Galley Pence

Genoese 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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