To: Red Badger
Must have been big ship!
To: PetroniusMaximus
I hope they mean the old English currency.
9 posted on
03/05/2019 12:40:28 PM PST by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: PetroniusMaximus
That’s Pounds Sterling, not weight..........................
10 posted on
03/05/2019 12:43:04 PM PST by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: PetroniusMaximus
I am not seeing that in the story. I see 100,000 pounds of gold worth 1B pounds (british currency unit).
14 posted on
03/05/2019 12:47:26 PM PST by
pas
To: PetroniusMaximus
sank some 400 years-ago while carrying 100,000 pounds of gold and 400 bars of Mexican silverThe billion pounds they mention is currency. The only weight mentioned is the 100,000 pounds of gold.
25 posted on
03/05/2019 1:00:34 PM PST by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: PetroniusMaximus
“Pounds” was not talking about weight. It was talking about current value in pounds sterling.
35 posted on
03/05/2019 3:35:49 PM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
(To fear the Lord is to hate evil: I hate pride & arrogance, evil behavior, perverse speech.- Pr 8:13)
To: PetroniusMaximus
They mean British Pound money- not weight.
52 posted on
03/07/2019 7:38:54 AM PST by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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