Timeline for How much did a good sword cost in Medieval Western Europe?
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| Apr 26, 2017 at 12:58 | comment | added | DevSolar | @WadCheber: FWIW, related video by Lindybeige. | |
| Dec 16, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | DevSolar | @Mark: Related question -- how long does it take to forge a sword?. The page I linked lists an apprentice armorer at 6 pence a day, so we're looking at a sword that an apprentice has hammered together in under a day (to allow for material cost). That's possible (I have seen reenactors do it), but yes, it won't be anything ornate or particularly durable, but servicable (or the source wouldn't have listed it). Anyway, that's the closest I could come to sourced information (as opposed to guesswork). | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 21:34 | comment | added | Mark | A "cheap sword (peasant's)" is probably a vaguely sword-shaped lump of pot iron. Anything better-quality would take more than two days' work by a skilled laborer to make. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 8:26 | history | edited | DevSolar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2016 at 8:25 | comment | added | DevSolar | @CsBalazsHungary: Check Pound sterling, medieval: "[The Tealby penny] was struck from 0.925 (92.5%) silver." As for the weight, originally 240 pennies equalled one pound. Same source: "In the reign of Henry IV (1399–1413), the penny was reduced in weight to 15 grains (0.97 g) of silver, with a further reduction to 12 grains (0.78 g) in 1464." | |
| May 23, 2016 at 8:15 | comment | added | CsBalazsHungary | good source, I would love to see how much silver it contained, best I found is sixpence (tanner) which was weight 2,83 grams of silver from 1500's | |
| May 23, 2016 at 7:55 | history | edited | DevSolar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2016 at 7:44 | history | answered | DevSolar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |