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There was a period in the Early Middle Ages when very few coins were produced, and the presumption is that during this period economies of Europe were dominated by barter, though there is no record of this. We know that a stable currency was introduced by Charlemagne with the Frankish denier, which was intended to reestablish the Roman denarius as a monetary basis. The denier was adopted by a large number of other countries, including the Ango-Saxon kingdoms, where the new penny was of very similar value.

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