Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 6:1

שְׁבוּעַת הַדַּיָּנִין, הַטַּעֲנָה שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף, וְהַהוֹדָאָה בְּשָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה. וְאִם אֵין הַהוֹדָאָה מִמִּין הַטַּעֲנָה, פָּטוּר. כֵּיצַד, שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא פְרוּטָה, פָּטוּר. שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף וּפְרוּטָה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא פְרוּטָה, חַיָּב. מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי, פָּטוּר. מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא חֲמִשִּׁים דִּינָר, חַיָּב. מָנֶה לְאַבָּא בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא חֲמִשִּׁים דִּינָר, פָּטוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְמֵשִׁיב אֲבֵדָה:

The oath of the judges [i.e., the oath by which the judges beswear him where there is acknowledgement of part of the claim], two silver [The claim must not be less than for two maoth of silver, a third of a dinar. For the dinar is six maoth, the weight of ninety-six medium sized se'oroth (barley-corns), so that the weight equivalent of two maoth is thirty-two se'oroth.], and the admission, the value of a p'rutah. [The admission which makes him liable to an oath must not be less than the value of a p'rutah. So that if what he denied was less than two (maoth of silver) or what he admitted, less than a p'rutah, he is not liable to a Torah mandated oath, but he is besworn a shvuath heseth (a consuetudinal oath) by rabbinical ordinance. One who is liable to a Torah mandated oath must hold an object in his hand (e.g., a Torah scroll or teffillin) when he swears; and one who is liable to a shvuath heseth does not hold an object in his hand, but the beadle of the congregation or the one who beswears him holds an object in his hand while the oath is being taken. There are only three Torah mandated oaths, and no more: (the oath for) one who admits part of the claim, (the oath administered) where one witness testifies against him and he swears in refutation of the witness, and the oath of the watchers (shomrim). All of the other oaths mentioned in the Mishnah are rabbinically prescribed, and are similar to Torah oaths in that an object is held. The only (substantive) difference between a Torah oath and those mentioned in the Mishnah is that if one is liable to a Torah oath and refuses to swear, beth-din go down to his property and exact payment in full, whereas if one is liable to a rabbinically prescribed oath and he refuses to swear, he is placed under the ban until he pays or swears. And if after thirty days of the ban he still refuses to either swear or pay, he is smitten "stripes of rebellion" (makkoth marduth), the ban is rescinded and he is "let go," and they do not go down to his property.] And if the admission is not of the "kind" of the claim, he is exempt (from an oath). How so? (If one claims:) "You owe me two silver (maoth," and he says:) "I owe you only a p'rutah," he is exempt, [the admission not being of the "kind" of the claim, the claim being "silver," and the admission copper. This, only when the claim is for the weight of two maoth of silver or more. But if he claims a coin of silver, the other had admitted a coin (of copper)!] "You owe me two silver and a p'rutah" — "I owe you only a p'rutah," he is liable, [the premise being: If the claim is for wheat and barley, and the admission for any one of them, he is liable.] "You owe me a maneh" — "I owe you nothing," he is exempt. "You owe me a maneh" — "I owe you only fifty dinars," he is liable. "You owe my father a maneh" — "I owe you only fifty dinars," he is exempt, for he is like the returner of a lost object, [who is exempt from an oath, as we learned: If one finds a lost object, he is not subject to an oath, for the public good. And this, only when the son does not claim positively that he owes his father a maneh, but only tentatively. But if he claimed it positively, and the other admitted to only fifty, he is subject to a Torah mandated oath, this not being like returning a lost object.]

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