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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3948654, member: 93416&quot;]More than nitpicky – it would be crazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I take the English coin weights I quote from memory – the underlying info is often from analysis of hundreds of specimens, by people like Naismith, Metcalf, Allan etc etc</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as Cologne goes – my info on the pounds/marks comes from official state standard weights. Cologne weight was widely used and there are many old official weights in existence.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I corresponded with Stahl on the Venice standard itself – but did not notice he said this about coin production. If you can dig out his comment we could discuss it further. First off - I am dubious.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stannard has said similar things about RRoman coins but his explanation just does not work for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael Bates holds similar views concerning Islamic issues, I debated such matters with him for several years and am still not convinced……...</p><p><br /></p><p>So - as you say – specific evidence needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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