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sol marqué Hist. 
See 1952 quote.
See also: sol
- 1764 It is hereby further Ordained and Declared . . . That from the Date of the Publication hereof, all Sols Marques, whether old or new, shall pass only as Farthings.
- 1896 "I'll bet he's got nothing more than what he went away with, and that wasn't a sou markee!"
- 1952 (1965) It's not worth a sou marquee. Phrase common in the Maritime provinces meaning, of trifling value; a reference to French Guiana sous which, counterstamped by other West Indian colonies, were sometimes carried north to Canada.
- 1764 It is hereby further Ordained and Declared . . . That from the Date of the Publication hereof, all Sols Marques, whether old or new, shall pass only as Farthings.