SC - prices in 1520

[Elysant at aol.com]

- -Poster <Elysant at aol.com>
 
>  In a message dated 9/22/99 7:48:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>  Tollhase1 at aol.com writes:
>  
>  << S = silver
>   D =  dinar >>
>  
>  How about shilling and penny?
>  
>  Ras
 
Yes,  s = shilling, and d = penny.

The "m" though is confusing.  The only British coin I am aware of that is 
(was) less than a penny is a farthing, and I know of no "m" abbreviation for 
a British coin. I have a couple of lists of prices from the Middle Ages - 
mostly not food - and from a variety of different dates - but I'll summarise 
some of the items and post them to the list later this evening.

On one of the lists, gives the weight (in metric) and the present day value 
of the items, and the other list gives a key to the letters used for the 
money designations.  That list does have an "m" meaning "mark"  which the 
author says is equivalent to 13s 4d.  I don't think 6 apples would have cost 
this though (from the original post).  I'm thinking that maybe the "m" is a 
weight of some kind?
 
Elysant
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