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Celtic coinage was minted by the Celts from the late 4th century BC to the mid 1st century AD. Celtic coins were influenced by trade with and the supply of mercenaries to the Greeks, and initially copied Greek designs, especially Macedonian coins from the time of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great .
The original names of British Celtic coins are unknown. [10] Modern researchers have given coins whether inscribed or uninscribed various names. Gold coins are described as staters or quarter staters, with the name deriving from Greek coins. [11] [10] Gold staters generally weighed between 4.5–6.5 g (0.16–0.23 oz). [10]
These terms and divisions of currency were in use from the 7th century. The value of some coins fluctuated, particularly in the reigns of James I and Charles I. The value of a guinea fluctuated between 20 and 30 shillings before being fixed at 21 shillings in December 1717.
British Iron Bar currency; C. Celtic currency of Britain; Coinage Act 1816; Coins of the pound sterling; Cornish currency; Currency Act 1982; D.
British Iron Bar currency; C. Celtic currency of Britain; ... History of paper currency in Indian subcontinent; I. Indo-Sasanian coinage;
The pound is the main unit of sterling, [4] [c] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [7] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [8]
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