On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 10:56, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:08:29AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > A pound sterling is so-called because it was originally the value of a > > pound of "sterling" silver. sterling comes from Easterling which is what > > German Hanseatic merchants were called during the middle ages. > > I need to read less fiction and more history; to me an easterling is > someone from beyond the Sea of Rhûn :-)
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