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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 4194199, member: 93416&quot;]But surely there was no debasement of mid fourteenth pennies?&nbsp; The penny was sterling, just like Angevin issues, was it not?</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s really my line of argument with all the current positions coming from economists.&nbsp; They bend historical fact to suit modern preconception.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were rather minor weight reductions of the sterling penny in the mid 14th century penny - but they began before the plague.</p><p><br /></p><p>Major changes to the English/British silver coins age found under William III, George III, George V and George VI.&nbsp; All seem, like Edward III, to be tied to ideology and war rather than plagues</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>PS &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot; by Jared Diamond. I agree, great book[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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