Mudcat Café message #3486251

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Thread #149754 Message #3486251
Posted By: r.padgett
04-Mar-13 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why is the British pound called a quid?
Subject: RE: BS: Why is the British pound called a quid?

Quid pro Quo in Law some thing equal in value

So presumably £1 note is to be accepted as the same value in its counter part in gold or whatever it is measured against, as it says on the note (now coin)

Ray