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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 8182224, member: 86815&quot;][ATTACH=full]1430641[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430642[/ATTACH]</p><p>John Short cross penny type 5c Walter on Lund</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.waterstones.com/bookjackets/large/9781/8389/9781838934828.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the coin in December and read Dan Jones book this past weekend which was a real pleasure as so different from some of the tomes I read as it is profusely illustrated. It focuses on aspects of everyday court and medieval life that you don&#039;t normally consider such as clothing and nutrition. For instance, the calculated daily calory intake for a medieval Surf was only 1400 to 1600 calories considered unsustainable these days. 90 % of their diet was vegetable and some of the statistics around the King descending on a Baron with his entourage were staggering such as the requirement for 30,000 chickens at Christmas time!&nbsp; It brought the coin to life for me and a recommended read, more coffee table than academic but great fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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