Show Small Coin Bit has been the name name applied to small coins in England for cen cen- tunes Its use was transferred in inthe inthe inthe the southwest of the United States and in the West Indies Indies' to the Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish or Mexican real worth cents Therefore a quarter came to tobe tobe tobe be known as two bits There is an anold anold old tradition of the California gold goldfields goldfields goldfields fields that small change was unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known so when drinks were bought a gold dollar was chopped into eight parts or bits |