It's like one of the owld Tenpenny bits," said he, turning over and over a coin as he spoke.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
I bought a pound of Tenpenny nails, that I thought would come in handy in patching fences at home, and while the clerk was weighing 'em up I saw Tobe leave his chair behind a counter and go out and walk around the hoss.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
I couldn't keep from hearin' you an' Hettie talkin' in the passage jest now, and when she come into the light mad enough to bite a Tenpenny nail in two I saw thar had been a row.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben