Ceiniog
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title:
Ceiniog
text:
The ceiniog was the basic currency of the medieval Welsh kingdoms such as Gwynedd and Deheubarth. Hywel Dda was the only ruler recorded as minting his own proper coins; however, the ceiniog was not a coin but a value of silver. The "legal penny" was the weight of 32 wheat grains in silver; the "curt penny", the weight of 24 wheat grains. The latter was based on the old Roman pound; the former, Charlemagne's and Offa's. The Welsh half-penny was the dymey of 12 wheat grains and the farthing (quart
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Basic currency of the medieval Welsh kingdoms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiniog
date created:
2013-02-01T02:31:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T06:33:51Z
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