"The Presidentess ordered that the £5 silver coin marking her Jubilee should weigh precisely
1 av.oz."
1 av.oz. = 480 aM
1 crown/dollar/8-bit/peso/buck coin = 480 aM @ .9250 fine silver
1 crown/dollar/8-bit/peso/buck silver content = 444 aM
1 crown/dollar/8-bit/peso/buck coin = 5s.
1 crown/dollar/8-bit/peso/buck coin Royal Wedding Yr.1981 = 5s.
1,296,000,000 x one side of 1 av.oz. wine cube =/> Earth Equator
1,296,000,000 x one side of 1 fl.oz. cube =/> Earth Equator
1,296,000,000 x one side of 1.800000 cu.in. cube =/> Earth Equator
1,313,280,000 x one side of 1.728000 cu.in cube = Earth Equator
1,313,280,000 x one side of 1 av.oz. dist. water cube @ 39.2F = Earth Equator
1 av.oz. = 437 1/2 gr.
1 av.oz. x .9250 = 404 11/16 gr.
sterling = .9250 fine silver
Tony, what's going on at the U.K. Treasury Dept? In 1981 they issue 1 av.oz. sterling as:
£0.05.00.0
And in 2003 they issue 1 av.oz. sterling as:
£5.00.00.0
Either they have made a colossal mistake at the mint, and all the bucks/dollars/crowns will be collectors items.
Or the U.K. has suffered 90.9% anus horribullitis inflation every year since 1981 and has therefore now joined that list which the majority of countries in the world have flocked to:
The "FAILED STATES" list.
Of course some would say that the majority of this world is always right ("We, the citizen-slaves of the President, salute the Kyoto Treaty") and that the U.K. should be proud that it now joining both the "FAILED STATES" list, and the Presidential/Imperial/President's/Emperor's Republica of Europistland.
Apparently the above is a great improvement on Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's:
Emperor's Republic of Europe
Some would suggest that it is even an improvement on President Adolf Hitler's:
Presidential Empire of Europe
However if 5'- to £5 is a mistake, then before the United Kingdom of Ulster & Grand Breton Treasury Dept? cranks out any more coins, it should consult:
http://www.weights-and-measures.com
And topics:
Common Currency
East India Company Currency
United States Bank of North America Currency