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August 13, 2020July 24, 2020Pirates

Specific data points of pirate loot and wages during the Pirate Age.

Since this website focuses on ancient finances, I am going to dive deeper into the financial amounts I can find from the […]

August 10, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates

Value of Spanish silver dollar and British pound during the Pirate Age? Part 2 of 2

  Continued discussion of the value of coinage during the pirate era. Part one is here So how do we understand British […]

August 6, 2020August 27, 2020Pirates

Value of Spanish silver dollar and British pound during the Pirate Age? Part 1 of 2

The Spanish silver dollar is referred to as the first global currency. There were so many produced and they  spread so far […]

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020Pirates

Volume of silver flowing out of the conquered territories.

In Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates author Eric Jay Dolin provides background on one reason […]

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Viking Era

Tidbits on money and fighting in the Viking Age

Fun article on Viking coinage and more tidbits on fighting techniques. Coins in the Viking Era Some background on striking coins during […]

October 7, 2019February 8, 2021Viking Era

Can’t make sense of one indicator of price of sword during Viking Age

I’ve been wondering about the price of a sword during the Viking Era. Tripped across two indicators on the same day. One […]

October 5, 2019Viking Era

Overview of silver and coin usage in Viking Era

Short overview of the evolution of the means of exchange during Viking Era can be found in Viking Currency, an article by […]

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019Viking Era

Recap of payments made to Viking raiders, called Danegeld.

Some day I plan to collate all the comments I’ve read on the amount of Danegeld and other money accumulated by various […]

September 30, 2019October 14, 2019Viking Era

Coining money in Viking Age and more details on found hoards

Consider there was no secure way to store wealth in the time of the Vikings. There were no banks, no marketable securities, […]

January 2, 2018January 1, 2018Viking Era

More background on coins and storing wealth in hoards during Viking Age

Comments I’ve accumulated from a few other books fit well with the previous post Background on Viking Age – money, trading centers […]

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