Moneyers Sentence Examples

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  • He promulgated laws about the year 928, appointing a large number of " moneyers " or " mynteres," London being assigned eight, Canterbury seven, other important towns various numbers and all smaller boroughs one moneyer each.

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  • The moneyers, who were elected by the burgesses, were responsible for the manufacture of the coin, and according to Madox were liable at the time of Henry II.

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  • The moneyers continued to manufacture the coin of the realm until the year 1850, when the work was entrusted to civil servants.

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  • Saxon moneyers pound, or Tower pound, 5400 grains, abolished in 1527.

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  • The moneyers' names are English.

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  • Designs are carefully made in the same way the medieval moneyers worked.

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  • These moneyers appear to have been abolished about 1180, 7 when officers were appointed to supervise the coinage on behalf of the king, and the name "moneyer " was applied to contractors who manufactured the coin under superintendence and were not responsible to the king for its weight and fineness.

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