cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 months agoMust be a lotimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1293arrow-down1imageMust be a lotcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThat’s exactly it. The main currency of medieval England was the silver penny (aka sterling) which weighed 1/240th of a tower pound. So 240 pence was a “pound of sterlings”.
That’s exactly it. The main currency of medieval England was the silver penny (aka sterling) which weighed 1/240th of a tower pound. So 240 pence was a “pound of sterlings”.