Dr Kat and "The Great Debasement"

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Images of the gold coins were taken from http://www.coinandbullionpages.com/english-gold-coins/english-gold-coins.html

A Henry VIII Testoon (or shilling) – these debased coins earned him the nickname ‘Old Coppernose’. From https://blog.royalmint.com/old-coppernose-quantitative-easing-the-medieval-way/


Quoted texts:

Deng S. (2011) The Great Debasement and Its Aftermath. In: Coinage and State Formation in Early Modern English Literature. Early Modern Cultural Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Mayhew N. J. (2000) Sterling, a history of a currency. Wiley.

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