ELD4958270 ???o pay in funny money?? french expression. Engraving, 19th century; Private Collection; (add.info.: Origin of the expression: ???o pay in funny money?? Saint Louis is said to have granted monkey-showmen the right to pay in grimaces or sleight of hand the toll of the Petit-Pont which connects Notre-Dame Island to the Saint-Jacques district. Engraving taken from ?? Paris-a-travers-les-centuries "??by H Gourdon de Genouillac 19th century Collection private); Photo by The Holbarn Archive.