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Must have been big ship!
3 posted on 03/05/2019 12:38:56 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus (<img src=(;.()))
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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!)
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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....................)
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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
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To: PetroniusMaximus
sank some 400 years-ago while carrying 100,000 pounds of gold and 400 bars of Mexican silver

The 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)
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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)
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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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