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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3593927, member: 93416"]I bought a lot of nails in my time but never came across this - so I think it is (very near?) obsolete in Britain. </p><p><br /></p><p>This seems a better source: <a href="https://www.sizes.com/units/penny.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sizes.com/units/penny.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.sizes.com/units/penny.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So at least 15th century. I think that is John Lord's site? I can ask him if anyone needs to know more. But it interesting to see the price deflation of nails in the 16th century, even when much else was inflating to my understanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>I share Doug's fear about theories and facts though. We do not even know with confidence how many grains a penny weighed in the 13th century...............</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - elsewhere I see people posting about coin repatination. I was taught basic techniques of cleaning and repatinating coins by Keith Howes in the British Museum. I fear the internet world has become most times a (not so) parallel universe to the real one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3593927, member: 93416"]I bought a lot of nails in my time but never came across this - so I think it is (very near?) obsolete in Britain. This seems a better source: [URL]https://www.sizes.com/units/penny.htm[/URL] So at least 15th century. I think that is John Lord's site? I can ask him if anyone needs to know more. But it interesting to see the price deflation of nails in the 16th century, even when much else was inflating to my understanding. I share Doug's fear about theories and facts though. We do not even know with confidence how many grains a penny weighed in the 13th century............... Rob T PS - elsewhere I see people posting about coin repatination. I was taught basic techniques of cleaning and repatinating coins by Keith Howes in the British Museum. I fear the internet world has become most times a (not so) parallel universe to the real one.[/QUOTE]
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