Why is the British currency unit called "the pound sterling?"

为什么英国的货币单位被称作“英镑”呢？

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Historians have estimated that just in the last 20 years of British rule, the Crown took 150 million pounds sterling as tribute per year - that's 3 billion pounds in all.

历史学家估算在英国统治的最后20年里，英王每年可以从印度得到1.5亿英镑的上贡-总计30亿英镑。

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The group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling.

其货币与英国的货币英镑联系在一起的国家群。

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We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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Likewise, the yen has risen 6% against the Australia dollar and 4.4% against the British pound sterling.

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The strong sterling means British buyers are crossing the channel in increasing numbers, Continental brokers say.

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