Record ID: SWYOR-214D75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver late Medieval coin; a double petard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). The coin has a diameter of 26.8mm and is 0.8mm thick. It weighs 2.94g. Similar coins are recorded on the PAS database. In 1469 a monetary convention between Duke Charles and King Edward IV made the former's coinage in the Low Countries legal tender in England. In practice, only the double patard established itself in currency, with a formal valuation equal to the silver groat, i.e. fourpence. (Although the fineness of the coin was below the level of sterling, the weight of the coin was high…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-59BDE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin; a double petard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders (1467 – 1477). It was minted in 1467 – 1474. The coin is hardly clipped but it quite worn. It has a diameter of 26.1mm and is 0.5mm thick. It weighs 2.6g. Silver double patards of the dukes of Burgandy, from their territories of Brabant and Flanders, were made legally current in England as equal to groats (i.e. fourpence) in a convention of 1469 between Edward IV and Charles the Bold. They remained in currency until the 1520s at least. In contemporary records they are known as "doubl…
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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