What is "esterlin"

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