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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]