On 18 Mar 2006, at 13:40, Jenny De Angelis wrote: > I believe the terms 1/3rd and 2/3rd. of a pound revert back to the > weight of > a pound of gold which is what the value everyhthing was originally > measured > against. This is probably where the saying "worth it's weight in > gold" comes from. Not quite. The Pound (£) was originally the value of one pound weight of 92.5 % fine (sterling) silver, hence £ Sterling. Jim Balmer