Angevin pound
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The Angevin pound was "the ordinary standard of the currency
in the continental possessions (12th-century ) of the early Plantagenets" Roger of Hoveden
wrote that its value was set at about one-fourth of an English pound by an ordinance of Richard the First
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Currency
In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
in the continental possessions (12th-century ) of the early Plantagenets" Roger of Hoveden
Roger of Hoveden
Roger of Hoveden, or Howden , was a 12th-century English chronicler.From Hoveden's name and the internal evidence of his work, he is believed to have been a native of Howden in East Yorkshire. Nothing is known of him before the year 1174. He was then in attendance upon Henry II, by whom he was sent...
wrote that its value was set at about one-fourth of an English pound by an ordinance of Richard the First
Richard I of England
Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...
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