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The esterlin is an obsolete netherlandic unit of mass and stands for gram. It also was a unit of mass for gold in France weighting 28 ½ Grain. The place of the unit in the netherlandic unit-chain was

  • 1 livre or pond/pound = 2 mark = 16 once = 320 esterlin = 1280 felins = 10240 aß = 1 pond troy of Holland
  • 1 pond = 320 esterlin = 49.215,18 centigram

    • In Belgium, it was valid that 1 livre = 1000 esterlin = 1000 gram

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    Esterlin Wikipedia
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