Green’s Dictionary of Slang

money, esp. shillings.

1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1881		Morn. Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 18 July 2/6: For a shilling there are many names but nearly all slang. [...] ‘Breaky-leg,’ ‘brongs,’ ‘bobs,’ ‘bordes,’ ‘drawers,’ ‘gens’, ‘hogs,’ levys,’ ‘pegs,’ ‘stags,’ ‘Shigs,’ ‘twelvers’ and ‘teviss’s’ .
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.