Talk:Pound (currency)

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Does it still represent a pound of silver? - Omegatron 17:31, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Of course not. Silver is about $7.12 US (£4.07) per ounce today. -- Arwel 14:09, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Offically the Irish Pound was known as the "Punt" - Update?

No, "Punt" was the Irish language name for the currency, in English it was normally referred to as the Pound (Punt was sometimes used after the break with Sterling in 1979, but not with any official basis). See the Irish pound article, and especially the Central Bank PDF external link from it. Incidentally, apropos of nothing, "Punt" is also the Welsh language name for the Pound. -- Arwel 13:46, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

--- Surely dinar is the Arabic for penny, not pound, as both dinar and penny are derived from the Latin denarius?