tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post6347458206998258753..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Currency in the Second Half of the 18th CenturyDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-11283902390342443662019-03-12T06:41:22.654-07:002019-03-12T06:41:22.654-07:00reat piece, Mike. In the middle myself of writing ...reat piece, Mike. In the middle myself of writing a novel set between, 1778 and 1817, this will be of great value to me. A lot of the novel is set in France; do you have any link to a site on the same period there? Clearly, much will have changed there in the 1790s.Roger Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675069922641956382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-58105426446394672622011-10-18T17:37:26.955-07:002011-10-18T17:37:26.955-07:00A marvelous post! I hope you can say something abo...A marvelous post! I hope you can say something about buying on credit? It would seem the only answer to such a coinage mess.<br />In 1249 King Henry III had ordered the mint to strike silver pennies short of weight. The public response was fiscal collapse, until Henry brought his poor, obedient mint officials to trial, blamed the short weight on them, had them hanged (gagged so they couldn't protest publicly), and issued new coins at proper weight.Katherine Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12487069502818472478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-31018180627105966842011-10-18T17:23:28.640-07:002011-10-18T17:23:28.640-07:00I always thought historic English money was confus...I always thought historic English money was confusing. Now I know why! They were always substituting. <br />I love studying family history and lucky you to have so many original documents of your family to pour over. I look forward to reading about your Georgian ancestor.<br /><br />Thanks for posting.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389029835067242765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-25248233835818144012011-10-18T16:45:45.296-07:002011-10-18T16:45:45.296-07:00Great post. The pictures are wonderful.Great post. The pictures are wonderful.Karen V. Wasylowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148410916082693726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-25649484946527679962011-10-18T15:40:02.427-07:002011-10-18T15:40:02.427-07:00Great information, Mike!! Your book sounds fascin...Great information, Mike!! Your book sounds fascinating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-85952815926850941592011-10-18T12:05:18.343-07:002011-10-18T12:05:18.343-07:00Great post, Mike. I like the comparison of the spa...Great post, Mike. I like the comparison of the spade guinea to the worthless gaming token. Didn't know that or I would have used that in my book, "George in London," set in 1751.Tim Queeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338935318384628270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-53919558829554134142011-10-18T05:16:20.700-07:002011-10-18T05:16:20.700-07:00What a fascinating and informative post! I love t...What a fascinating and informative post! I love the photos, especially the one contrasting the size of the silver penny and the copper two pence. <br /><br />I envy Mike his Georgian ancestor who never threw anything away!Alyssa Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074748920540723377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-42287880374047756972011-10-18T03:13:09.657-07:002011-10-18T03:13:09.657-07:00Thanks to author Mike Rendell, author of The Journ...Thanks to author Mike Rendell, author of The Journal of a Georgian Gentleman for his entertaining and informative article on CURRENCY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY. The fact that he is sharing details from his own great (X4)grandfather's diary makes this article even more fascinating.Teresa Thomas Bohannonhttp://www.ladysilk.netnoreply@blogger.com