<P> The U.S. budget record label Crown (1930 - 1933) advertised on their sleeve, "2 Hits for 2 Bits" (25 ¢). </P> <P> Another example of the use of "bit" can be found in the poem "Six - Bits Blues" by Langston Hughes, which includes the following couplet: Gimme six bits' worth o'ticket / On a train that runs somewhere...The expression also survives in the sports cheer "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar...all for (player's name), stand up and holler!" </P> <P> The New York Stock Exchange continued to list stock prices in eighths of a dollar until June 24, 1997, at which time it started listing in sixteenths . It did not fully implement decimal listing until January 29, 2001 . </P> <P> From 1905 to 1917, the Danish West Indies used the bit as part of its currency system . In 1904, two new currency denominations were introduced, the bit and francs which were overlaid on the old cent and daler denominations . The four units were related as 5 bits = 1 cent, 100 bits = 20 cents = 1 franc, 100 cents = 5 francs = 1 daler . Coins were issued each denominated in two units, bits and cents, francs and cents, or francs and daler . Postage stamps were denominated in bits and francs; the lowest value was five bits . </P>

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