swuklink: Minting

A law of King Athelstan (924-939) declared a single coinage to be used throughout his realm and severe penalties for striking bad money;

We declare that there shall be one coinage throughout the King's dominions and that there shall be no minting except in a port. And if a minter be convicted of striking bad money, the hand with which he was guilty shall be cut off and set up on the mint smithy.

Howell the Good (Hywel Dda or Hywel ap Cadell in Welsh) came to an arrangement with King Athelstan of England whereby he minted his own coinage in the English city of Chester. He was the only Welsh ruler ever to produce coinage.

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798		Coins minted at Bristol
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976		Establishment of a mint at Lydford, Devon
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979		Mint established at Cricklade, Wilts.
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1016		Mint established at Lydford, Devon, in 976 ceases operation
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1100		Minting of coins ceases at Cricklade, Wilts.
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1125		All the coiners of England tried for false coining Only those of Winchester were acquitted with honor
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1504		The shilling first struck in silver
	BAAAGCPN BAAAGCOR
1919		Fineness of silver coins reduced from 925 to 500
	BAAAGCOR BAAAGBAT
1992.Dec.31		Introduction of the new, smaller, 10pence coin
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England

Bristol

Coins were minted at Bristol in 798.

Devon

Lydford

A mint was established at Lydford in 976 and closed in 1016.

Hampshire

Winchester

The Saxon and Norman capital of England possessed a royal mint in the 10th century which was moved to London in the mid 13th century.

Wiltshire

Cricklade

The minting of coins in Cricklade ceased in 1100.

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