• Flughoernchen@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    Wait a minute… Does the name of the currency come from payments that were not counted but weighed? Gotta check.

    ETA: Oh my gosh yes, one pound sterling (currency) was originally one pound (weight) of sterling silver. I’m probably the last person to discover this, but still that’s pretty cool.