Within 25 years £250k raised from the land. Absolutely mindbogglingly incredible. And not even “all” of modern England was under native rule. To be able to raise that amount meant that amount had to have been there in the first place … and still Enough left over not to sink the people/economy/kingdom… England must have been EXTREMELY rich and prosperous, no wonder the Vikings coveted it so. Amazing amazing amazing.

Very cool video. It's not only interesting to see how the values might compare to what we are familiar with today. But, also to see what people valued back then. How society actually worked.

The coins you are displaying are incredible quality. A blessing they lasted so well for so long

Fascinating video! I found it surprisingly hard to find enough information on prices for goods on ancient rome to come up with a reasonable "everyday shopping cart" for a Roman, as price evidence is quite disperse and out of any unified context. You did a great job contextualizing all of the prices in this presentation. Keep it up, Luke :)

Awesome video as always! I definitely think and agree this was one of the most fascinating videos, I've always thought of who held and then spent the numismatic pieces I have acquired over the last few years. Living in the US our history obviously isn't as old as England or rather the UK or mainland Europe but our history stems from them in various ways. I've always been a history buff and my fascination with numismatics parallels and intersects history, rather saturates history, is inseparable and forever linked. What a fascinating time we live in to be able to look back and ponder such things....

Great episode Luke! Thanks for that, very entertaining, I done some research into cost of living during Henry 3rd reign, and found it amazing, it gives an appreciation to your hammered coins when you find them👍👍👍

In 1493, while serving for Spain, the Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus brought corn back to Europe from his first voyage to the Caribbean.

fantastic videos. as a detectorist who hopes to find sceats and groats your videos are wonderful

Very interesting Luke, thanks for the info 😃👍

What a great topic for a video very interesting 👍👍. More please . Really enjoyed that 😊👍

there is a record from Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, who visited Praha around 965, that for a denar you coud buy enough grain for a month

Nice video! I just found some Saxon sceats. I always wondered what you could buy with those… 😎👍🍀

Great vid Luke.

fascinating video, I never realised how expensive things were back then! those Vikings got a great deal 😂

Great video 😀

Great informative video Luke a medieval one would be really good too.

I'm with you, very glad I live in current times.

Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing

when you say the weight of the silver for the weregild is that in pure silver or stirling silver?

An Amazing video i hope you do more like this my friend!

What is the exchange rate to modern currency based on? Because it can't be precious metal content, a kilo of silver costs roughly £620 in today's money

I would love to see a video done on what the first large cents could buy during this time and what some colonial and silver coins issued before and during this time as well as what a half cent was worth back then... I always wanted to know what common goods could be bought in this era! It would be a great idea and a great video to visit early American!!! I

Pound of 'flesh' comes into context.

'Free range' humans were like free money to the Guilds.

I was wandering if you could help me identify a coin I found while metal detecting. I have searched everywhere but can't find a direct match as the coin is bad condition however it is silver and by best guess is that it is a Charles II coin. I can send you pictures if you are interested.

Coins from the kingdoms of England like kingdom of York and Northumbria is amazing history

I'm sorry but I don't see the website link in the description. I'd really like to see more about the prices.

Wasn't a pence/penny ~1.7g of silver?...so 60s would be 60 x 12 x 1.7 = 1224g silver?...🤔 Also, I read that during the contemporary time of Charlemagne a pence/penny (~1.7g silver) could buy you "12x 2-pound loaves of bread, a sheep would be five pence, ten pence for a pig, twenty for a cow and thirty for an ox", so there's some discrepancy here (maybe by location?)...🤔

I find it highly misleading to compare over time due to fact the monetary system was quite different then. Its hard to even compare the 1700s with a more modern system.