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

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 436 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SOU (O. Fr. sol, Lat, solidus, sc. nummus) , the name of the bronze 5-centime
French
  coin, corresponding to the
English
  "
halfpenny
 ." It is still colloquially used in
France
  in reckoning, and the franc, 2 and 5-franc pieces are known as piece de vingt, quarante and cent sous respectively. The solidus was originally a gold coin, first struck c. A.D. 312 by
Constantine
  to take the
place
  of the aureus. In the Eastern
Empire
  this gold coin was the standard down to 1453, and, as the "
bezant
 ," circulated from Portugal to the Indies. In the West after Pippin gold coinage ceased and the solidus in silver became the standard, one
pound
  of silver making 22 sots (solidi) and 264 deniers (denarii). Under Charlemagne one
pound
  of silver= 20 sols= 240 deniers. The livre (libra), the sol and the denier formed the universal money of
account
  throughout
France
  until the Revolution; and they have left their mark on the
English
  money Symbols s. d., for pounds, shillings and pence.


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