Victoria flatly declined, claiming that the jewels had been bought with British money.
Taking the present bullion value of gold as 400 dollars, the ducat or florin would be worth in present British money about £30.
In order to stave off this prospect, Eurocrats need a great deal of money - including British money.
The mate had helped them change some of their francs for British money.
"Ninety per cent of my sales in the past year have been to foreign money, predominantly British."
Exco International was a leading British money brokering company.
Traditional historians have tended to overlook the role played by Celtic coinage in the early history of British money.
Nevertheless, a surprising amount of British money is making its way to Barbados.
But if there wasn't much British money around for film investment, there were also clear signs of dwindling creative energy.
I found my stash of British money and went to buy a newspaper to hide behind.