Record ID: DUR-E62735
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver foreign groat This is a silver double patard: Flanders, Charles the Rash of Burgundy (1467-77), struck at Bruges, 1467-74, mint-mark fleur-de-lys in centre of reverse. Ref: H Enno Van Gelder and M. Hoc, Les Monnaies des Pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols 1434-1713 (Amsterdam 1960), p.20, no.23-3. These were the exact equivalent of the contemporary English groat (slightly heavier, but slightly baser silver) and were made legal tender in England and Wales in 1469 [from memory]. They turn up singly all over the place and in hoards down to the 1530s.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1868B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver late Medieval coin; a double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders (1467-1477). Other coins of this type have been recorded on the database, e.g. SWYOR-214D75 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 higher than th…
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton', grid reference and parish protected.