Carolingian pound

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title: Carolingian pound
text: The Carolingian pound, also called Charlemagne's pound or the Charlemagne pound, was a unit of weight that emerged during the reign of Charlemagne. It served both as a trading weight and a coinage weight. It had a mass of about 408 g and was introduced in as part of Charlemagne's monetary reform around AD 793/94. This stipulated that 240 denarii were to be minted from one pound weight of silver. The units of weight that emerged over time as a result of the Carolingian monetary system and its ass
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description: Unit of weight and coinage
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date modified: 2023-09-11T09:55:30Z
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