Pounds, shillings, and pence: a history of English coinage

Try Acorn TV free for 30 days by going to and use promo code: lindybeige. I talk for a bit the history of English coinage, and the problems of maintaining a good currency. Once or twice I might stray off topic, but I end with an explanation of why the system worked so well. Picture credits: 40 librae weight Martinvl, CC BYSA 3. 0 via Wikimedia Commons Sceat K series, and others By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. CC BYSA 3. 0,