saying that the Britain's people converted a pre-existing inventory of silver objects into silver pennies around 690 does not explain why currency became so much more useful at around that time that they would make the change.,
That was very interesting thank you. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I understood that Charlemagne decreed that 20 d should weigh a troy ounce, and as 12 troy ounces = a pound, thus 240d to a pound? what I cannot find out is how many grains were in a penny or troy ounce? and did the number of grains vary dependent on weight at harvest? hopefully some of your viewers can enlighten me. Thanks
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saying that the Britain's people converted a pre-existing inventory of silver objects into silver pennies around 690 does not explain why currency became so much more useful at around that time that they would make the change.,
That was very interesting thank you. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I understood that Charlemagne decreed that 20 d should weigh a troy ounce, and as 12 troy ounces = a pound, thus 240d to a pound?
what I cannot find out is how many grains were in a penny or troy ounce? and did the number of grains vary dependent on weight at harvest?
hopefully some of your viewers can enlighten me. Thanks
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