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I talk for a bit the history of English coinage, and the problems of maintaining a good currency. Once or twice I might stray off topic, but I end with an explanation of why the system worked so well.
Picture credits:
40 librae weight
Martinvl, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sceat K series, and others
By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. CC BY-SA 3.0,
William I penny, and Charles II crown
The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bust of Charlemagne
By Beckstet – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Edward VI crown
By CNG – CC BY-SA 3.0,
Charles II guinea
Gregory Edmund, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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