The trophy was 35 cm in height, weighed 3.8 kg and was made of gold plated sterling silver, with a blue base of semi precious stone (lapis lazuli).

Sterling Publishing, 2009, New York and London.

The official currency in England is the pound sterling, whose ISO 4217 code is GBP.

It is named after its local discovery at the Franklin Mine and Sterling Hill Mines in New Jersey.

Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5 by mass of silver and 7.5 by mass of other metals, usually copper.

Bank reserves were in silver coins, and banknotes were convertible solely into silver.

The table shows that from 1971 through 2012 the British pound has lost about 92 of its buying power.

In 1951, the rupee was replaced by the East African shilling which was on par with the shilling sterling.

I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents of gold one hundred talents

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver nor he who loves abundance, with increase this also is vanity.

I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver nor he that loveth abundance with increase this is also vanity.

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

Then with the advent of the South Arabian Federation, a new South Arabian dinar was introduced in 1965 which was on par with the pound sterling.

Box 440, Wollgate House, Coleman Street, London, United Kingdom (Swift code CHASGB2L) (c) in Swiss francs to United Nations Geneva General Fund , account No.

and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.

he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies.

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.

And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

And there was a great famine in Samaria and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother and his mother said, I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.

Receive my instruction rather than silver knowledge rather than choice gold.

I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Receive my instruction, and not silver and knowledge rather than choice gold.

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh

Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh nechoh.

However, silver remained the legal basis for sterling until 1816.

The day the sky becomes like molten brass ,

The day when the sky will be like molten silver .