Another small coin

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/12/2000 10:58:15 AM, jdhall at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU writes:

<< A case quarter is a quarter (as opposed to two dimes and a nickel); one can
also have a case dime (as opposed to two nickels) or a case nickel (as
opposed to five pennies).  The terms are found especially frequently in
South Carolina.  (See DARE case n2 sense 2.) >>

In North Carolina, the folk etymology is that CASE comes from CASH. I don't
know how  true this is.