Mancus
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Mancus
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Mancus was a term used in early medieval Europe to denote either a gold coin, a weight of gold of 4.25g, or a unit of account of thirty silver pence. This made it worth about a month's wages for a skilled worker, such as a craftsman or a soldier. Distinguishing between these uses can be extremely difficult: the will of the Anglo-Saxon king Eadred, who died in 955, illustrates the problem well with its request that "two thousand mancuses of gold be taken and minted into mancuses".
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Term used in early medieval Europe to denote a certain gold coin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancus
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2023-09-20T20:29:25Z
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