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An average purse contained about 125 deniers or 10 sous. Travellers carried larger sums of money strapped around the waist in a special money belt.(([[12th_Century_References#Holmes 1952|Holmes 1952]], p54) |
An average purse contained about 125 deniers or 10 sous..(("average" ! I don't think so. 125d (125 pennies) is a large sum of money. What group of people are you talking about?)) Travellers carried larger sums of money strapped around the waist in a special money belt.(([[12th_Century_References#Holmes 1952|Holmes 1952]], p54) |
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An average purse contained about 125 deniers or 10 sous..(("average" ! I don't think so. 125d (125 pennies) is a large sum of money. What group of people are you talking about?)) Travellers carried larger sums of money strapped around the waist in a special money belt.((Holmes 1952, p54)
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