cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imageMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days 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”.