A one-pound coin: When introduced, the “pound sterling” was worth 240 sterling s
A one-pound coin: When introduced, the “pound sterling” was worth 240 sterling silver pennies. Large payments were made in “pounds of sterling”, hence the name when the coin was introduced. (Thanks, David. Image credit to Wikipedia.) -- source link
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