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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4630480, member: 110504"](Argh --still figuring out the navigation here. This one was supposed to be in reply to your /FitzNigel's second comment, about the 11th-12th century Norman issues. Belongs below my response to your initial post, instead of above it.)</p><p>One phenomenon which is endemic to the whole earlier French feudal series is that, Yep, immobilizations get worse, not better, with time. It's worth remembering that the near-ubiquitously Carolingian prototypes <i>are</i> literate --the Carolingian Renaissance, and all that-- and are located on the cusp of the 10th century, which is widely characterized as one of the dramatic nadirs of the entire Medieval period. To oversimplify the point, there was nowhere to go but down.</p><p>Given which, the 11th century Norman examples take every prize. As a collector, you almost almost have to grit your teeth and say, "Okay, I Want this period represented; I'm Going to like this coin"![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4630480, member: 110504"](Argh --still figuring out the navigation here. This one was supposed to be in reply to your /FitzNigel's second comment, about the 11th-12th century Norman issues. Belongs below my response to your initial post, instead of above it.) One phenomenon which is endemic to the whole earlier French feudal series is that, Yep, immobilizations get worse, not better, with time. It's worth remembering that the near-ubiquitously Carolingian prototypes [I]are[/I] literate --the Carolingian Renaissance, and all that-- and are located on the cusp of the 10th century, which is widely characterized as one of the dramatic nadirs of the entire Medieval period. To oversimplify the point, there was nowhere to go but down. Given which, the 11th century Norman examples take every prize. As a collector, you almost almost have to grit your teeth and say, "Okay, I Want this period represented; I'm Going to like this coin"![/QUOTE]
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