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This is from a video teaching Japanese meaning from Super Mario RPG. Source:
<https://youtu.be/1LMxshr0BE4?t=497>

The context is: Mario and Mallow(little white puff ball) are trying to get a
coin back from Croco(purple guy). Croco has been punched by Mallow, then
basically says Mario and Mallow can have the coin back.

The part I am confused about is 一文にもならない. The creator of the video says it
means 'worthless'.

How does the video creator know this? I cannot find any meaning of this online
so I just want to be sure this is correct. Thank you.
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Meaning of 一文にもならない from Super Mario RPG. (With pictures)
It is a set phrase meaning _worthless_ , as you can see an equivalent
一文の値打ちもない in [this dictionary
entry.](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E4%B8%80%E6%96%87/#je-3614)

文{もん} is an old unit of money, and 一文 is the tiny amount of money
([jisho](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%80%E6%96%87-1)) and なる here means _to
amount to_ ([jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B) #7), so the
whole phrase literally means _does not amount to a cent_.
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