"Jack Schmidling" wrote in message
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So what is the point of sterling? Surely not to save a little silver.

Pure silver is very soft.

Jewellery would wear away in a couple of years, forks would bend, as would
your gobblet stem if it were proportioned correctly.

--
William Black
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government