Automatic Age

T h e A u t o m a t i c A ge
94
“Not Worth a Rap”
Refers to Coins
Often when we wish to say a thing
is useless or valueless we say it is
“ not worth a rap.” One would nat­
urally suppose that “ rap” in the
phrase refers simply to a quick,
sharp blow on something' with the
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knuckles, says the Kansas City
Times.
Etymologists, however, say it orig­
inally referred to a small copper coin
widely used in Ireland during the
reign of George I (1714-27). Its in­
trinsic value was only about half a
farthing, but it passed for a half-
penney.— Newspaper Clipping.
Frey’s Dictionary of Numismatic
Names contains the following:
“ Rap was a counterfeit coin in cir­
culation in Ireland after the regular
coinage had ceased in 1696. The
nominal value of the rap was a half­
penny, but intrinsically it was not
worth even a farthing.
“ Swift, in his Drapier’s Letters,
1724, says: ‘ Copper halfpence or
farthings * * * have been for some
time very scarce, and many counter­
feits passed about under the name
of raps.’
“ The expressions ‘not worth a
rap,’ ‘I care not a rap,’ etc., can be
traced to the insignificant value of
this coin.”
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