Record ID: SOMDOR-DA8F42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Double patard of Charles the Bold, for Flanders, c.1467-74. Double patards were exactly equivalent to English groats and were made legal tender in England and Wales in 1469. They show up in hoards down to the 1530s and presumably finally disappeared during the Henrician debasements of the early 1540s. (Information from Edward Besly, National Museum and Gallery of Wales) [low countries]
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-32A638
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
16th Portuguese medio real or chinfrao of Alfonso V (1438 - 81) of Portugal. These turn up in some quantity across England: According to Barrie Cook, it was issued in 1472, and demonetized (in Portugal, presumably) in 1485, but seems to have circulated in England as a half-groat and appears in hoards as late as the 1530s. They were probably the coins known as 'dandyprats' - see Barrie Cook's article in BNJ 64, at pp.72-4. It has a hole pierced near the edge at on side suggesting it was used as a pendant. [portugal]
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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