Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pound sterling" in English language version.
Anglo-Saxon King Offa is credited with introducing the system of money to central and southern England in the latter half of the eighth century, overseeing the minting of the earliest English silver pennies – emblazoned with his name. In practice they varied considerably in weight and 240 of them seldom added up to a pound. There were at that time no larger denomination coins – pounds and shillings were merely useful units of account.
The manuscript chronicle of the city of London says this king Henry III in 1258 coined a penny of fine gold of the weight of two sterlings and commanded it should go for 20 shillings if this be true these were the first pieces of gold coined in England NB The date should be 1257 and the value pence
In 1427 a Mark (244.752 g) of silver was worth 8 livre tournois or 6.4 livre parisisHence one livre weighed 38.24 g and one sol at 1.912 g. Compare with 40d sterling at 36 g, 2d at 1.8 g.
Silver coins known as 'sterlings' were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver... Hence, large payments came to be reckoned in 'pounds of sterlings', a phrase later shortened...
Silver coins known as "sterlings" were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver... Hence, large payments came to be reckoned in "pounds of sterlings," a phrase later shortened...
A trader from HSBC visits multiple chatrooms in an attempt to manipulate the 4pm WMR fix, declaring he is a net seller in "cable" (a slang term for GBP/USD currency pairing)
The alphabetic code is based on another ISO standard, ISO 3166, which lists the codes for country names. The first two letters of the ISO 4217 three-letter code are the same as the code for the country name, and, where possible, the third letter corresponds to the first letter of the currency name.
Stuiver weighs 3,4 g and has a fineness of 479/1000 silver...which gives the fine silver content of a Stuiver as 3.4 × 0.479 or almost 1.63 g.
sterling, n.1 and adj.
Sterling: The UK currency. The name originated from the pound Easterling, formerly used in trade with the Baltic.
Sterling (UK).: The name given to the currency of the United Kingdom (cf. cable). Also called pound sterling or pounds.
Some 58,000,000l of silver coin of the old fineness, comprising over a thousand million pieces, have already been withdrawn from circulation.
2d, 4d issued since 1347
Fineness 23.875 karats = 191/192, coins in Nobles, Halves, Quarters
3d, 6d, 2/6, 5/- issued since 1551.
240–243 pennies minted from a Tower Pound.
sterling, n.1 and adj.
Silver coins known as 'sterlings' were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver... Hence, large payments came to be reckoned in 'pounds of sterlings', a phrase later shortened...
Then I went to Mr. Crew's and borrowed L10 of Mr. Andrewes for my own use, and so went to my office, where there was nothing to do
Some 58,000,000l of silver coin of the old fineness, comprising over a thousand million pieces, have already been withdrawn from circulation.
A trader from HSBC visits multiple chatrooms in an attempt to manipulate the 4pm WMR fix, declaring he is a net seller in "cable" (a slang term for GBP/USD currency pairing)
Silver coins known as "sterlings" were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver... Hence, large payments came to be reckoned in "pounds of sterlings," a phrase later shortened...
Anglo-Saxon King Offa is credited with introducing the system of money to central and southern England in the latter half of the eighth century, overseeing the minting of the earliest English silver pennies – emblazoned with his name. In practice they varied considerably in weight and 240 of them seldom added up to a pound. There were at that time no larger denomination coins – pounds and shillings were merely useful units of account.
2d, 4d issued since 1347
The manuscript chronicle of the city of London says this king Henry III in 1258 coined a penny of fine gold of the weight of two sterlings and commanded it should go for 20 shillings if this be true these were the first pieces of gold coined in England NB The date should be 1257 and the value pence
240–243 pennies minted from a Tower Pound.
Fineness 23.875 karats = 191/192, coins in Nobles, Halves, Quarters
In 1427 a Mark (244.752 g) of silver was worth 8 livre tournois or 6.4 livre parisisHence one livre weighed 38.24 g and one sol at 1.912 g. Compare with 40d sterling at 36 g, 2d at 1.8 g.
Stuiver weighs 3,4 g and has a fineness of 479/1000 silver...which gives the fine silver content of a Stuiver as 3.4 × 0.479 or almost 1.63 g.
3d, 6d, 2/6, 5/- issued since 1551.
Then I went to Mr. Crew's and borrowed L10 of Mr. Andrewes for my own use, and so went to my office, where there was nothing to do
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