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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3236066, member: 93416"]Its best to move with caution citing Wiki on these sort of topic. The sections you quote are mostly lifted from a 19th century translations of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. However someone has embellished them – writing about “Roman pounds” and “Troy pounds”. Where did the writer get that information from? In a dream maybe? Its not in any medieval source.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, although we cannot exactly trust ASC for the exact numbers, it obvious a lot of silver was paid over from the Anglo-Saxons to the Vikings, so yes, its important to try figure out where it all came from. It could be left by the Romans, it could be locally mined, it could have come into England through medieval trade. My guess would tend towards the latter, but that is just a guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>How did the kings themselves get it, from to hand it over? The only evidence I know of is the large amounts of silver they got from manipulating the silver coinage. My understanding of late Anglo-Saxon coinage came from Mark Blackburn (at his kitchen table, over a bottle of wine).</p><p><br /></p><p>Coinage was run on a six year cycle – it was all demonetized, called in, and restuck every 6 years. When people turned their coin in, for every 3 “old” pennies they paid in, they most probably only got two “new” ones back. (that exchange rate is a best guess – we have no records). That must have produced a lot of silver every 6 years from the Royal treasury. By medieval standards it was a big impost – most probably driven by the need to raise cash for the Danegeld.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3236066, member: 93416"]Its best to move with caution citing Wiki on these sort of topic. The sections you quote are mostly lifted from a 19th century translations of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. However someone has embellished them – writing about “Roman pounds” and “Troy pounds”. Where did the writer get that information from? In a dream maybe? Its not in any medieval source. Anyhow, although we cannot exactly trust ASC for the exact numbers, it obvious a lot of silver was paid over from the Anglo-Saxons to the Vikings, so yes, its important to try figure out where it all came from. It could be left by the Romans, it could be locally mined, it could have come into England through medieval trade. My guess would tend towards the latter, but that is just a guess. How did the kings themselves get it, from to hand it over? The only evidence I know of is the large amounts of silver they got from manipulating the silver coinage. My understanding of late Anglo-Saxon coinage came from Mark Blackburn (at his kitchen table, over a bottle of wine). Coinage was run on a six year cycle – it was all demonetized, called in, and restuck every 6 years. When people turned their coin in, for every 3 “old” pennies they paid in, they most probably only got two “new” ones back. (that exchange rate is a best guess – we have no records). That must have produced a lot of silver every 6 years from the Royal treasury. By medieval standards it was a big impost – most probably driven by the need to raise cash for the Danegeld. Rob T[/QUOTE]
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