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1472 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 57 [Forcibly taken] out of his kyst..twelfe pecys of syluyr, [etc.].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvi. 15 And they apoynted vnto hym [sc. Judas] thyrty peces of syluer [ Wyclif 1382 thritti platis of seluer, 1388 thretti pans of siluer].

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 A piece of flemmishe money called an Englyshe.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lvij^v His Purse..chatcheth vp the other thinkyng to haue a pece of money.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings v. 5 Hee departed, and tooke with him ten talents of siluer, and sixe thousand pieces of gold. View more context for this quotation

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 302 Look, as the worth and value of many pieces of Silver, is to be found in one piece of Gold.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 46 My Purse with nine large Pieces of Gold.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 460 Thirteen-pence halfpenny is Hangman's wages, because there was a piece of money of this sort..brought to us by James the First.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights III. 6 I..amassed three thousand pieces of silver.

1874 Times 29 Apr. 7/6 He saw Mr. Cave shake hands with Kingdon, and then..distinctly saw two pieces of gold in his hand.

1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer ii, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 153 I produced a large old silk handkerchief of mine, and tying the three pieces of gold in a corner, pressed it on him.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ii. 58 The money for the bunting, what was left of it, lay like thirty pieces of silver on the counter.