What could your favorite coin buy the year it was struck?

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Type 1s (1851-1853) are 0.8g of 0.750 fine silver. Type 2s and 3s (1854...) are 0.75g of 0.900 fine.

 

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Yes, that is one of the prettiest SLQs I have ever seen! Thanks for posting it!

 

One of my favorites:



An Edward I Penny
What could a penny buy during his reign? Let's take a look. A loaf of bread always cost 1 penny. The size of that loaf of bread varied depending on how much flour cost, but the price of a loaf was always 1 penny. 2 chickens cost a penny (on average). A ferry ride across the River Thames also cost a penny. A pint of ale would cost you 2 pence. A gallon of wine cost anywhere from 4 pence to 10 pence, depending on the quality of the wine. A tunic would run about 8 pence, shoes about 4 (low quality on both). If you were an archer in his army, your daily wage was 3 pence. If you were in the infantry, you received 8 pence a day. If you were in the cavalry, 18 pence. A cheap sword would cost you 6 pence.

 

It is interesting to see the WIDE range of efforts put into varying goods & services that are similar in cost. Raising a chicken most certainly costs more than baking bread.

 

200 REIS 1707
Passage on a large ship.
A bottle of your favorite liquor.
Nice Dinner and Date with the lady of your choice.

 

@rte Unfortunately my favorite liquor didn't exist yet

Its kinda cool to see how little typefaces changed between at least 1700 and early 1900's.

 

Yes. According to English Weapons & Warfare, 449-1660, by A. V. B. Norman and Don Pottinger, 1992 (orig. 1966), it was 2 chickens for a penny.