cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agoMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1293file-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1293imageMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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”.