She had none, not even a centime, and she was well aware that her fortune could in no wise be procured without some small invested capital: and besides, how was she to get to Spa at all without money?
"My Little Lady"
Eleanor Frances Poynter
"I really haven't a centime in the house," said she, "just now I borrowed ten sous for the children from the servant.
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola
She was not wakened by the fall of my ten-centime piece in her tray, but the boy drowsing beside her roused himself, and roused her to the dreamy expression of a gratitude quite out of scale with my alms.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells