Green’s Dictionary of Slang

exis-ewif gens n.

[backsl.; exis n. + evif n. + gen n.1 (lit. ‘six times five shillings’)]

30 shillings, £1 10s (£1.50).

[UK]Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 127: EXIS-EWIF-GENS, six times five shillings, i.e. 30s. All monies may be reckoned in this manner, either with YENEPS or GENS.
[UK]Hotten Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859].
[UK]Sl. Dict.