Inflation

A gram of silver is currently worth about a dollar.  Thus a silver coin weighing about one and a half grams is worth about a buck and a half.

Unless it was minted by Charlemagne for his coronation, in which case it is apparently worth €160,000.  That is $213,072 at what Google is giving as the current rates.

I expect it would be hard to make change.

(H/t: Medieval News).
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4 comments:

  1. Texan998:23 AM

    I was just reading about how, not too long after C's coronation, practically all the silver whooshed out of Europe into the hands of Viking raiders, in the form of tribute.

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  2. DL Sly9:49 AM

    "I expect it would be hard to make change."

    Unless you're JHD lookin' to buy a boat. Then it's just a down payment.
    0>;~}

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  3. Grim10:16 AM

    Well, naturally. I doubt the coin would pay for the contents of the wine cellar on his yacht.

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  4. Assistant Village Idiot6:13 PM

    They are worthless. I must've put five of those things into the washing machines at the laundromat, and couldn't get 'em to do a damn thing.

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