Thursday, December 8, 2011

What currency would have been used in 12th century England?

What would have been the relative values of the currency, both to each other (how many blanks in a blank) and to the real world (what would they have purchased)? Also, what would have been the taxes on a medium-sized village?|||There were silver coins used in England in the 12th century, but a lot of things were still done by barter.





If you take a look at http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.h鈥?/a> and look at the entries for the farthing (1/4 of a penny) the half penny, and the penny, you'll see a little information on those coins|||There was NO SUCH THING as "Currency".. GOLD was used but mostly it was BARTERING. Taxes were often paid with goods and services.. giving a pig or a chicken to the land owner or King. Much of it was a portion of the HARVEST and if you would ever even bother to go to a MUSEUM that displays the tools used in agriculture during those years you would see special baskets with a line or a separation in them that was used to measure out the portion to give to the tax collector.|||It would have been bartering mostly which means exchange of goods or services as only the rich had gold or jewels to use as payment between each other

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