lustrum again

[Barbara Need]

>Not sure what Latinum is.

Gold pressed latinum was the standard "money" in Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine (and possibly "Next Generation"). It was very popular
among the Ferengi.

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

>  I think lustrum as used in rings is a form of
>stainless steel and always that color.  I always joke with the seller, and
>tell them that their ring unfortunately isn't made out of gold, but rather
>"Kryptonite."
>
>Sam Clements
>
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>From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:46 PM
>Subject: Re: lustrum again
>
>>At 10/16/2006 04:29 PM, you wrote:
>>>I've been using the word "lustrum" for about 25 years now.    But in my
>>>capacity of buying class rings from the public.
>>>
>>>When the price of gold skyrocketed in 1979/1980, Jostens and other ring
>>>makers had to come up with something cheaper.  Lustrum.  A white metal
>>>used
>>>to make class rings.
>>
>>I thought that was gold-pressed Latinum -- or is Latinum dearer than gold?
>>
>>Joel
>>
>>>Thanks for the older meaning.
>>>
>>>Sam Clements
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