cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agoMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1287arrow-down1imageMust be a lotsub.wetshaving.socialcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 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”.