"Quite a penny or two"
Good! Glad to have been able to help.
Just one extra correction:
1. Slang is very informal language used amongst the members of a particular group of people ( ethnic or class group/ an age group/ a profession / sports supporters etc) "Quite a penny or two" is not slang - it's just a phrase.
2. You can't say 'this slang'. The word 'slang' is an uncountable noun or an adjective, so you would have to say, for example, "What does this slang expression mean?".
I hope that's useful.
It’s just means expensive. --> It just means expensive.
@Serg:
SHL is right. This expression means 'It is expensive'. If you said 'It's just a penny or two', that would mean inexpensive. However, 'Quite' signals that there's probably an understatement coming up. For example, "It costs quite a bit" actually means "It costs a considerable sum". Remember that English loves understatement - especially BrE!
British understatement is a bit of a problem for everyone.
A friend of mine is a world expert in VPN design and went to a LA conference where someone asked him if he knew anything about VPN design.
"I dabble" was his answer (which would appear natural to a Brit and means "I'm pretty good") but in international English means "I play with it occasionally"
So the questioner walked away from talking to a world expert.
I haven't heard anyone say this for years, but what I heard growing up was
"It cost him a pretty penny."



