On 29/08/2010 5:48 PM, Darren New wrote:
> 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.
>

LOL, not quite, declaring that a barrel in London is somewhat larger 
than a barrel outside of London, thereby getting more tax and making it 
dearer.

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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