[MR] BBC story: French "piedfort" medallion found in England

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

Interesting! I recall that a commemorative coin was struck during Atlantia 20 for their (then) majesties to give out as tokens--I still have one at home-- but I didn't know it was a period thing to do.

Kateryn Rous

--- On Thu, 3/4/10, Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:

> From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> Subject: [MR] BBC story: French "piedfort" medallion found in England
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:21 AM
> Noble friends,
> 
> I had never heard of a "piedfort", a coin-like
> commemorative token (not unlike some of the entrance tokens
> we use at tournaments). The one in this story dates from the
> 1300s. So here's another very interesting aspect of the
> middle ages we've probably never encountered. Here's the BBC
> link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/8547430.stm
> .
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Lord Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge
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