Re: Second Age coins

> The groat was 4d

Yep. I said "close to". I wanted to be able to show a medieval groat and explain that a "silver" is a little smaller (3d) than a groat (4d).

> Penny, Silver - general terms used for silver coin, regardless of
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> issue. The silver penny weight dates back to the Imperial Age and was
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> the weight used by the Jrusteli traders. A silver penny weighs
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> approximately 5 grams and is about three times the size (and value) of
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> a medieval denarius (penny) - making it pretty close to the value of a
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> medieval groat (tuppence). About 100 of these pennies make a pound of
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> silver.
            Received on Fri 16 Feb 2007 - 14:43:30 EET