p-Engsh-coins-lst - 6/18/99
A list of period English coins by Kestrel of Wales (Bryan S. McDaniel).
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Subject: Period English coins - long
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 21:27:55 -0400
From: "Bryan S. McDaniel" <kestrel at hawk.org>
To: sca-middle at midrealm.org, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Period English coins
See the bottom for conversions
all are silver pennies unless otherwise stated
(penny - latin denarius - hence the 'd' for pence)
Anglo Saxon
Early Period
c. ad 575 - 775
prior coins were roman coins and imitations of roman coins
gold solidus
gold thrymsa
silver sceat
Area
ruler/person on coins
coinage
Kings of Northumbria
Ecgfrith 670 - 685
sceat
Aldfrith 685 - 704
sceat
Eadberht 737 - 758
sceat
Aethelwald Moll (see Archbishop Ecgberht)
Alcred 765 - 774
sceat
Aethelred I, first reign 774 - 779
sceat
Aelfwald I 779 - 788
sceat
Aethelred I, second reign 789 - 796
sceat
**** sometime after this reign the sceat changes
from silver to copper
Eanred 810 - 841
sceat
Aethelred II, first reign 841 - 844
sceat
Redwulf 844
sceat
Aethelred II, second reign 844 - 849
sceat
Osberht 849 - 867
sceat
Archbishops of York
Ecgberht 732 or 734 - 766
sceat
Eanbald II 796 - c. 830
sceat
Wigmund 837 - 854
gold solidus
sceat (silver/copper ?)
Wufhere 854 - 900
sceat
Kings of Kent
Heabert c. 765
The first English silver penny
Ecgberht c. 780
Eadberht Praen 796 - 798
cuthred 798 - 807
Anonymous c. 822 - 823
Baldred c. 823 - 825
Archbiships of Canterbury
Jaenberht 765 - 792
Aethelheard (el. 792, cons. 793, d. 805)
Wulfred 805 - 832
Ceolnoth 833 - 870
Aethered 870 - 889
Plegmund 890 - 914
Kings of Mercia
Offa 757 - 796
silver penny
gold penny
Cynethryth (wife of Offa)
Eadberht
Coenwulf 796 - 821
Ceowulf I 821 - 823
Beornwulf 823 - 825
Ludica 825 - 827
Wiglaf 827 - 829, 830 - 840
Berhtwulf 840 - 852
Burgred 852 - 874
Ceolwulf II 874 - c. 880
Kings of East Anglia
Beonna c. 760
Aethelberht d. 794
Eawald c. 798
Aethelstan I c. 825 - c. 840
Aethelweard c. 840 - c. 855
Edmund 855 - 870
Viking coinages
Danish East Anglia c. 885 - 915
Aethelstan II 878 - 890
Oswald
Aethelred I
St. Edmund (Memorial coinage)
penny
half penny
St Martin of Lincoln
Alfred (viking imitations)
penny
half penny
Danish Northumbria 898 - 915
Alfred (viking imitations)
penny
half penny
Alfred/Plegmund
Plegmund (Danish copy of Edmund 855 - 870)
Earl Sihtric
Viking coinage of York ?
Siefred
penny
half penny
Cnut
penny
half penny
Cnut and/or Siefred
St Peter coinage
Regnald
English coins of the Hiberno-Norse Vikings
Early period c. 919 - 925
Sihtric
St. Peter coinage
Later period 939 - 954
Anlaf Gutthfrithsson 939 - 941
Anlaf Sihtricsson 941 - 944
Regnald Guthfrithsson 943 - 944
Sihtric Sihtricsson c. 942
Eric, first reign 948
Anlaf Sihtricsson, second reign 948-952
Eric, second reign 952 - 954
Kings of Wessex (later, Kings of all England)
Beorhtric 786 - 802
Ecgberht 802 - 839
Aethelwulf 839 - 858
Aethelberht 858 - 865/6
Aethelred I 858/6 - 871
Alfred the Great 871 - 899
penny
half penny
Edward the Elder 899 - 924
penny
half penny
Aethelstan 924 - 939
Eadmund 939 - 946
penny
half penny
Eadred 946 - 955
penny
half penny
Howel Dda d. 949/950 (King of Wales)
Eadwig 955 - 959
penny
half penny
Eadgar 959 - 975
penny
half penny
Edward the Martyr 975 - 978
Aethelred II 978 - 1016
silver penny
gold penny
Cnut 1016 - 1035
Harold I 1035 - 1040
Harthacnut 1035 - 1042
Edward the confessor 1042 - 1066
silver penny
gold penny
Harold II 1066
Norman kings and their successors
>from William I to Edward II all are silver pennies unless
stated otherwise
William I 1066 - 1087
William II 1087 - 1100
Henry I 1100 - 1135
Stephen 1135 - 1154
Henry II 1154 - 1189
Richard I 1189 - 1199
John 1199 -1216
Henry III 1216 - 1272
silver penny
gold 20 pence - introduced in 1257
Edward I 1272 - 1307
silver penny
silver Groat ( =4d, introduced 1279)
silver half penny
silver farthing
*****No groats were issued in the years c. 1282 - 1351
Edward II 1307 - 1327
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Edward III 1327 - 1377
gold coinage reintroduced in 1344
groat reintroduced in 1351
half groat introduced in 1351
gold florin ( = 6s)
gold half florin (or Leopard)
gold quarter florin (or helm)
gold noble ( = 6s 8d)
gold quarter noble
gold half noble
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Richard II 1377 - 1399
gold noble
gold half noble
gold quarter noble
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Henry IV 1399 - 1413
gold noble
gold half noble
gold quarter noble
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Henry V 1413 - 1422
gold noble
gold half noble
gold quarter noble
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Henry VI 1422 - 1461
gold noble
gold half noble
gold quarter noble
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Edward IV, first reign 1461 - 1470
Gold noble (= 6s 8d from 1461 - 1464)
gold quarter noble
Gold Noble (= 8s 4d from 1464 - 1470)
gold ryal (rose noble) (= 10s) (1464 - 1470)
gold half ryal (1464 - 1470)
gold quarter ryal (1464 - 1470)
gold angel (=6s 8d)
silver groat
silver half groat
silver penny
silver half penny
silver farthing
Henry VI restored Oct 1470 - Apr 1471
Ryal discontinued
gold angel
gold half angel
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
Edward IV, second reign 1471 - 1483
gold angel
gold half angel
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
Edward V 1483
gold angel
gold halfangel
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
Richard III 1483 - 1485
gold angel
gold halfangel
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
Henry VII 1485 - 1509
the gold sovereign and the testoon or shillings make their
first appearance
gold sovereign (= 20s)
gold double sovereign (=40s) (very rare)
gold treble sovereign (=60s) (very rare)
gold ryal (=10s)
gold angel (=6s 8d)
gold halfangel or angelet
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
silver farthing
silver testoon (=1s)
Henry VIII 1509 - 1547
gold soveriegn (= 20s) (1509 - 1526)
gold angel (= 6s 8d) (1509 - 1526)
gold half angel (1509 - 1526)
gold sovereign (=22s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold angel (= 7s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold half angel (1526 - 1544)
gold george noble (=6s 8d) (1526 - 1544)
gold half george noble (1526 - 1544)
gold crown of the rose (=4s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold crown of the double rose (=5s) (1526 - 1544)
gold halfcrown (1526 - 1544)
gold sovereign (= 20s) (1544 - 1547)
gold half sovereign (1544 - 1547)
gold angel (1544 - 1547)
gold half angel (1544 - 1547)
gold quarter angel (1544 - 1547)
gold crown (1544 - 1547)
gold halfcrown (1544 - 1547)
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
silver farthing
silver testoon
Edward VI 1547 - 1553
gold halfsovereign
gold crown
gold halfcrown
gold sovereign (= 20s)
gold "fine" soverign (= 30s)
gold double soverign (=40s)
gold angel (= 10s)
gold half angel (=5s)
silver shilling
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
silver halfpenny
silver farthing
silver crown (1550 - 1553)
silver halfcrown (1550 - 1553)
silver sixpence (1550 - 1553)
silver threepence (1550 - 1553)
Mary 1553 - 1554
gold "fine" sovereign (= 30s)
gold ryal (=15s)
gold angel (=10s)
gold halfangel (=5s)
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
Philip and Mary 1554 - 1558
gold angel
gold halfangel
silver shilling
silver sixpence
silver groat
silver halfgroat
silver penny
base penny
Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603
gold "fine" sovereign or double noble (=30s)
gold ryal or nobel (= 15s)
gold angel
gold halfangel
gold quarter angel
gold pound (=20s)
gold half pound
gold crown
gold halfcrown
silver crown
silver halfcrown
silver shilling
silver sixpence
silver groat
silver threepence
silver halfgroat
silver threehalfpence (=1.5d)
silver penny
silver threefarthings (=0.75d)
silver halfpenny
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Conversions for coins
4 farthings = 1 penny
12 pence = 1 shilling (or testoon)
4 pence = 1 groat
2 shillings = 1 florin
5 shillings = 1 crown
20 shillings = 1 pound sterling (or sovereign)
21 shillings = 1 guinea
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Different coins issued in 'England' in period of 600 AD - 1600 AD
Due to devaluations, changes in composition, changes in ratio
and other matters the actual values of some coins changed
>from year to year. Prior reigns issues sometimes had their
money devalued and turned in.
base penny
gold "fine" sovereign or double noble (=30s)
gold 20 pence - introduced in 1257
gold angel (=6s 8d) (1509 - 1526)
gold angel (=7s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold angel (=10s)
gold crown
gold crown of the double rose (=5s) (1526 - 1544)
gold crown of the rose (=4s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold double soverign (=40s)
gold florin ( = 6s)
gold george noble (=6s 8d) (1526 - 1544)
gold half angel (=5s)
gold half florin (or Leopard) (=3s)
gold half george noble (=3s 4d) (1526 - 1544)
gold half noble
gold half pound
gold half ryal (1464 - 1470)
gold half sovereign (1544 - 1547)
gold half angel or angelet (=5s)
gold half sovereign
gold noble (= 6s 8d from 1461 - 1464)
gold noble (= 8s 4d from 1464 - 1470)
gold penny
gold pound (=20s)
gold quarter florin (or helm)
gold quarter ryal (1464 - 1470)
gold ryal (=10s)
gold ryal (=15s)
gold ryal (rose noble) (= 10s) (1464 - 1470)
gold ryal or nobel (= 15s)
gold sovereign (= 20s) (1544 - 1547)
gold sovereign (=22s 6d) (1526 - 1544)
gold soveriegn (= 20s) (1509 - 1526)
gold treble sovereign (=60s) (very rare)
silver crown
silver farthing
silver Groat ( =4d, introduced 1279)
silver half groat
silver half penny
silver half crown
silver penny
silver shilling
silver sixpence
silver testoon (=1s)
silver threefarthings (=0.75d)
silver threehalfpence (=1.5d)
silver threepence
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Sources
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Standard Catalogue of British Coins, 1969, Seaby
Catalogue of the World's most popular coins. 12th edition,
by Fred Reinfield and Buton Hobson
Bryan S. McDaniel SCA aka Kestrel of Wales
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