|1471 | 10.58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1471 | |1472 | .. | 11.13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1472 | |1474 | .. | 10.97 | .. | 11.00 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1474 | |1475 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |10.41 | .. |1475 | |1480 | 10.83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |10.87 | .. |1480 | |1485 | 10.46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1485 | |1486 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |10.98 | .. |1486 | |1488 | .. | .. | .. | 11.83 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1488 | |1495 | 10.46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1495 | |1497 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |10.01 | .. |1497 | |1500 | .. | .. |10.975| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |1500 | |1506 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |10.262| .. |1506 | +-----+---------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+----------+------+---------+-----+ Germany--_A_, as determined by the purchase prices of the two metals in the Lübeck Mint. _B_, as determined by the Mint ordinances. [Sidenote: ENGLAND: COINAGE OF 1344] England. Even before the adoption of a gold coinage by Edward III., England had felt the effect of loss by exchange, owing to the introduction of gold florins by means of the Flemish trade. In the Parliament of 1339, at Westminster, complaint was made of the want of coinage. It was proposed as a remedy--(1) that every merchant should bring in 40s. or more for every sack of wool that he should import, and (2) that it should be considered by the King and his council whether it might not be advantageous to permit _florins de écu_ (of France), and florins of Florence (i.e. gold), and other good florins to be current with the _esterlings_ (i.e. the silver penny), "but only esterlings to be compulsory for under 40s. value." In less than four years good money was being carried out of the realm, and false money brought in at such a rate that Parliament was seriously perplexed. In its debate on the matter at Westminster, 1343, the result is thus stated: "All orders of persons in the realm had loss for a long time, on account of the florins which were delivered in payment in Flanders, bearing so high a value there as to occasion a loss of one-third on all merchandise imported thence." Certain goldsmiths of London were therefore ordered to be called in to advise and to refine one or two of each kind of florin, so as to rate the fine gold in them according to the true value. And it was proposed that of this fine gold one kind of money should be made in England and Flanders, provided the Flemings were willing, to be current in both countries at such an alloy and value as should be determined by