--- Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It would be
livres--but the livres of different regions had different
> values. John Baldwin includes the following table in his "The
> Government
> of Philip Augustus":
>
> He starts with the Parisian livre as his standard.
>
> 1 mark = 2.1 livres in 1202/03
>
> 1 mark = 2 livres in 1222
>
> 1 mark sterling = 0.666 pound sterling
Don't forget 2 nobles = 1 mark. The noble was worth 6s 8d, or if you
will 20 groats, a groat being 4d (or if you will, 16 farthings). The
mark was worth 13s 4d, or 40 groats. Groats were minted into the reign
of Queen Victoria - I have a Victorian groat somewhere (no doubt I
should have used it to purchase a groat's worth of wit). They were
exactly the same size as the silver 3d piece, which replaced them. It
must have been a little confusing, having two almost identical coins,
one worth 3d and the other 4d. Farthings were in circulation in my own
lifetime, and it was possible to buy a "Farthing Chew" from a
sweetshop; although in practice, all but the most indigent would buy
two for a ha'penny. Those were the days.
Oriens.
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