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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10241334, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, you can say sterling, and they had sterling back then.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The term sterling comes from the Dutch word &#039;oosterling&#039;, easterner. &#039;Pond oosterling&#039; (pound easterner) referred to silver coins from the German lands, which always had a reliable fineness and were used by many Dutch traders in the Middle Ages.</p><p>Germany is to the east of the Netherlands, hence oosterling - easterner.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the &#039;pond oosterling&#039; was introduced in England by Dutch traders, the English thought it said &#039;00sterling&#039;, and decided to ditch what they thought were two zeros.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And thus Pound Sterling was born, as well as sterling fineness for silver items, which were often made from reliable silver coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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