The Great Debasement
The Great Debasement
16th-century English currency policy.
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Gresham's law
Monetary principle.
17%
Henry VIII
King of England from 1509 to 1547.
15%
Debasement
Practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins.
13%
Edward VI
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553.
11%
Sovereign (English coin)
English gold coin.
7.4%
Angel (coin)
Medieval gold coin in England.
6.4%
Milled coinage
Manner of coin production.
4.5%
Dissolution of the monasteries
1536–1541 disbanding of religious residences by Henry VIII.
2.7%
Groat (English coin)
Archaic English, Scottish and Irish coins worth 4 pence.
2.1%
Farthing (English coin)
Former coin of the Kingdom of England.
2.1%
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