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What does the placing of an administrator over Macmin actually mean?
Goldballoon
You mean I get credit for my last answer LOL
Ok this one works for me 
“Some sources say it dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, when coins called sterlings were minted from silver; 240 of these sterlings weighed one pound”
China and Russia Moving Away from the US Dollar?
The headline of this news piece greatly overstates the extent of any deal between Russia and China to stop using dollars. It seems to be a bilateral trading agreement. But it is credible since Russia and China have mutual trading interests that do not involve dollars; Russia is rich in resources and China is strong in manufacturing. Choosing to trade in the rouble makes sense, especially as China remains under currency controls.
It would be even more interesting if they chose some neutral currency such as the euro or even gold and silver since that would invite other countries to join in more readily, especially in the mideast and AsiaPac. We recall that both Russia and China have significant supplies of each of the metals. They might even fix a ratio of value between them, perhaps 16:1? There seems to be an historical precedent.
TQ
Thank you! I’m glad you asked the question. I like the link you dug up, ‘The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature’, and the tales told in it. I also like “that’s why they call it the “pound””!
AuGirl, for extra credit, you can now do the research on the origins of the name, pound sterling. I looked at that the other day and it’s inconclusive according to what I read, but it seems clear that it meant a pound of sterling silver, which is 92.5% silver. And a one pound sterling note is worth what today?! Just like the US dollar: not much.
More on the Wishing Tree Tradition.
The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature
By Gary R. Varner
p. 45
TQ
It’s your lucky day. I found an answer before I could make up a good one 
“Tradition says that a coin pressed into the bark of the tree will bring good luck. It isn’t good luck for the tree, however - it has been killed by copper poisoning.” http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7185
…and another site, http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6UFDV2
…and another one, which mentions that the hawthorn tree was sacred to the Celts and shows one with coins pressed into its trunk. It also says the tree has since fallen over! Good luck for people, bad luck for trees! Seems like that’s not an uncommon theme: http://melfortvillage.co.uk/localarea.htm
GoldBalloon
Here is one link. I suspect it has to do with the Celtic tradition; but would be open to suggestions.
Goldballoon
Beautiful pic’s as usual..
The coins in the trees, I dunno, maybe that’s why they call it the “pound” 
GoldBalloon @ 18:27 pm on November 3, 2008
Always great pictures G. I seem to remember something about the coin tradition. I will see what I can come up with [to end a sentence with two prepositions just for fun. ]
Goldballoon
Beautiful photos…Cambridge is one of my favourite cities in England (speaking as a Brit myself). In summer it is glorious.
What a tragic waste, all those young men who died in the prime of their life, fighting for what they believed and were told would be a better tomorrow. We can never know who is pulling the strings above us…best to sever the strings altogether and trust in God.
MetalsGuy @ 18:27
Doncha know I was inspecting those coins closely to see if there was any silver there…
By chance do you know the origin or reason for the tradition of pounding the coins in wood?
Re: Fallen Leaves, Day Is Done -> Posted by GoldBalloon
What beautiful pictures of the countryside! I was born in London England.
Wonder if any of those old coins are silver? Hmmm.
TQ @ 18:15 re: coins
Darn it, TQ, why did you have to ask that? Why couldn’t you ask me something easy, like why butterflies migrate, or how gravity works, or why Irish is so full of energy? I never expected anyone to ask why the Brits pound the coins in, I only know they do it all over the countryside. Give me some time and I’ll get an answer for you, even if I have to make it up!
PS One thing I do know is the coins are usually pounded in with the grain:
