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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 22825, member: 57463&quot;]Like everyone, I buy &quot;anything interesting&quot; and about eight or 10 years ago, I picked up a medieval coin of Henry, count of Champaign.&nbsp; To me, the coin, being from Troyes, represented the great medieval fairs.&nbsp; The fair at Troyes ran for weeks every summer and continued for 100 to 150 years.&nbsp; It gave us &quot;troy&quot; weight for silver and gold.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The other aspect is that these medieval fairs gave us what <i>Black&#039;s Law Dictionary </i> identifies as &quot;Pie Powder Courts.&quot; These are proceedings of first resort, established by and for merchants that are not government tribunals.&nbsp; They are what we would call arbitration.&nbsp; The goal is not to find who is &quot;guilty&quot; and then &quot;punish&quot; them, but to bring two parties together for their mutual benefit if possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of weeks ago, I picked this interest up again.&nbsp; I have been researching the medieval fairs and the history of Champagne and Troyes in particular.&nbsp; I also bought three more coins.&nbsp; I only need perhaps three more to complete the set.&nbsp; The coinages of Troyes and Champagne lasted only a few generations.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I get the coins scanned, I will put them up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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