--- Cin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And BTW, Kimiko, that's one big diamond & George
> jewel that you've got
> described there. The three oz of gold alone makes a
> pricey bauble at
> today's rates.
> --cin
> Cynthia Barnes
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is a description of the one Henry VIII wore, fr
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Cin wrote:
At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:
"the foreparte of the George of Dyamountes the Mayle
of the curates and Rivet of the same of Siluer half
gilte with a sworde in his hand of gold a lozenged
Dyamounte like a sheelde and a Dragon of gold weying
together iij oz di di quarter"
"a litt
> At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:
> > > "the foreparte of the George of Dyamountes the Mayle
> > > of the curates and Rivet of the same of Siluer half
> > > gilte with a sworde in his hand of gold a lozenged
> > > Dyamounte like a sheelde and a Dragon of gold weying
> > > together iij oz di di quar
IIRC, the first copper coinage was not issued until the Reign of either henry
VIII or of Edward VI.
My particular period of re-enactment is late-15th Century England, Brittany,
& the Anglo-Norman Isles, - and at that time the shilling did not exist save as
a "unit of account" - and everyone wa
Cynthia wrote:
>In this example, the costs are is 14d, where the d is denarius = a
>unit of money. I'm not clear how or why the Brits kept using d to
>refer to the old shilling coin. Perhaps it was a silver coin just as
>the roman denarius was? I leave to someone from the other side of the
>pond
At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:
> "the foreparte of the George of Dyamountes the Mayle
> of the curates and Rivet of the same of Siluer half
> gilte with a sworde in his hand of gold a lozenged
> Dyamounte like a sheelde and a Dragon of gold weying
> together iij oz di di quarter"
>
> "a little G
