Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tack n.3

1. (US black) a nickel, five cents.

[US] ‘Sl. among Nebraska Negroes’ in AS XIII:4 Dec. 316/2: A tack is a nickel.

2. (W.I. Rasta) a bullet.

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