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That depends very much on the precise time period within the Middle Ages.
If you are a craftsman holding 50 silver pence you have earned in, say, 1188 the first thing you need to do is put aside 5 pence as your tithe. When you attend church on Sunday you need to pay Church-Scot of another penny; you will have to pay any rents, fines, taxes or fees that are owed under your Feudal obligations. Then you might want to think about the "Saladin Tax" imposed on all the population of England as a response to the capture of Jerusalem by the Saracens. How much do you have left? Not a huge amount.
Your 50 pennies would have bought you a leather coat and cap; or about 8 coarse-wool sheep; or an ox; or a cow; or a poor-quality plough horse; or 5 cart wheels; or 4 farm gates; or 4 iron locks; or you could pay the rent on a virgate of land for a year.
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How much was food in the medieval times?
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How much was food in the medieval times?
Probably food would cost a few pennies which were silver coins. At that cost, gold would be too much to buy some food. If you had a few gold, you were most likly rich and could have a feast if you wanted. So I would say 2 or 3 pennies for some meat. And 1 or 2 for a loaf of bread.
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blacksmith cobbler silver/goldsmith baker cooper
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NO
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im looking for the same answer, maybe pence , like a six pence
What were dinosaurs like in medieval times?
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Where were weapons stored in the medieval times?
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