Le_Forgeron wrote:
> And each mint (and that could each city) could have its own agenda for
> the weight of its pounds & guinea.

Well, yes. There's also the problem with imperial measures that the king 
would go around declaring that a barrel in London is somewhat larger than a 
barrel outside of London, thereby lowering the cost of beer in the capital 
city and stuff like that.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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