half-pieces

Updated: June 5, 2025

"Yes, my friend, I know." "Peste! you are rich." "Do you not see that each of these pieces serves for two? On the contrary, I am so poor that I am forced to cut my gold in two." "It is true," said Chicot, with surprise: "they are half-pieces, with fantastic designs." "Oh, I am like my brother Henri, who amuses himself in cutting out images: I amuse myself with clipping my ducats."

Alexandre Dumas - The Forty-Five Guardsmen