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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 12112186, member: 22&quot;]That is one theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another theory is.</p><p><br /></p><p>The origin of the word <i>sterling</i> itself is unclear. It first appears in the 11th and 12th centuries, suggesting that it was coined to describe the new, heavier penny introduced by the Normans&nbsp; According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the most plausible theory is that it represents Old English&nbsp; Steorling, meaning &quot;coin with a star&quot; (a pair of stars having appeared on certain Norman pennies)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]551901[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Pound Sterling has nothing to do with weights and measures on 19th century weights.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lbs abbreviation symbol came from the the letter L derived from medieval Latin the Roman word Libra, the Roman Pound weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>The £sd or LSD abbreviation for Pounds Shillings and Pence referred to the Roman <i>libra</i>, Solidus and Denarius[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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