Um no idea. However it dates from 1688 or so which presumably why the
americans don't use it.
http://www.24carat.co.uk/commoncoinnames.html
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission Uk
"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
news:3be7b1bc.2583716_at_news...
> In a valiant and sublime effort,Niall Litchfield
> frowned, dipped a thumb in soot and doodled:
>
> >yep
> >
> >> Just out of pure curiosity (and also because I have read that word
> >> the fourth or fifth time) is a quid an english pound?
> >>
>
>
> Why?
>
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 04:02:21 CST
