In 1931 they dropped convertibility of the pound sterling still called pound sterling even though it's not silver it was gold.

在1931年，他们放弃了英镑的可兑换性，仍然叫做英镑的话，即便它不是银，而是金。

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The yellow metal has gained 9% since mid-April, compared with the 17% gain in gold in euros and 12% in gold in sterling.

4月中旬以来，美元、 欧元和英镑计价的金价分别涨了9%、17%和12%。

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Last October, when the global financial system was on the brink of collapse, the gold price actually fell: dropping 17 per cent in dollars and 8 per cent translated into sterling.

去年10月，当全球金融系统陷入崩溃边缘时，金价其实也跌了：对美元价格下降17个百分点；折算成英镑是8个百分点。

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In 1931 they dropped convertibility of the pound sterling still called pound sterling even though it's not silver it was gold.

在1931年，他们放弃了英镑的可兑换性,仍然叫做英镑的话,即便它不是银，而是金。

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Yet gold has risen stoutly when valued in euros or sterling and some gold market participants said buying the metal basis those currencies could give an investor better upside potential.

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At one point in a show down among the English and French central bankers over French recovery from the war, the French central banker threatened to redeem its reserves in pound sterling back into gold, as the English went back on the gold standard a few years earlier.

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