Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. money.

1842		Egan ‘The Bould Yeoman’ in Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 137: Then the High-toby gloque drew his cutlass so fine; / Says he to the farmer, ‘you or I for the shine!’.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum 79: Shines Gold coin.

2. (US Und.) jewelry.

1948

C.S. Montanye ‘This Murder’s On Me’ in Thrilling Detective June 🌐 She had been in the act of transporting the satchel of shine to a safe-deposit box.