| 1. | These currencies and others tied to sterling constituted the sterling area.
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| 2. | The sterling bloc should not be confused with the sterling area.
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| 3. | If our gold reserves disappear, the sterling area disintegrates.
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| 4. | Route 14A is an alternate route of Route 14 in the Plainfield and Sterling areas.
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| 5. | This arguably marked the end of the Sterling Area.
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| 6. | Fiji immediately joined the sterling area.
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| 7. | Half of British trade at that time was with the sterling area, and only a quarter with Western Europe.
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| 8. | Only goods that were considered essential could be imported from outside the sterling area ( Canada, Great Britain, Australia ).
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| 9. | In June 1972 the United Kingdom unilaterally ended its sterling area based exchange control laws and floated the pound sterling.
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| 10. | This had the principal effect of blocking outflows of capital to the other countries in the Sterling Area, notably Britain.
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