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Here is a newly published article on a find from 2022.
A Medieval Coin Discovered in Canada Could 'Rewrite the History Books'
The English coin was discovered by metal detectorist Edward Hynes during the summer of 2022. It took him a bit to realize what he had. He told SaltWire Network,"It was so bright yellow and really thin, and I wasn't thinking it was a gold coin. I was thinking it was almost like a tag from something or a button, or something like that.
"I knew it was something cool," he continued. "It looked interesting to me, but of course I know nothing of English medieval coins. It's not something that I have looked into before and I knew nothing of hammered coins. The first thing I noticed was the fleur-de-lys and then the shield and I thought it was interesting. I didn't know what the writing said because it was in Latin. I sent a picture of it to my wife and just put it in my bag."...
Here is the link.
A Medieval Coin Discovered in Canada Could 'Rewrite the History Books' (msn.com)
Thanks to Mark G. for that link.
As much as they talk about rewriting the history books, you'd think they should be written on an Etch-a-Sketch.
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Aaarr matey! Life on a 17th century pirate ship was less chaotic than you think
Ars chats with historian Rebecca Simon about her most recent book, The Pirates' Code....
You needed to have a sense of order on a pirate ship. One of the big draws that pirates used to recruit hostages to officially join them into piracy was to tell them they'd get an equal share. This was quite rare on many other ships. where payment was based per person, or maybe just a flat rate across the board. A lot of times your wages might get withheld or you wouldn't necessarily get the wages you were promised. On a pirate ship, everyone had the amount of money they were going to get based on the hierarchy and based on their skill level. The quartermaster was in charge of doling out all of the spoils or the stolen goods. If someone was caught taking more of their share, that was a huge deal.
You could get very severely punished perhaps by marooning or being jailed below the hold. The punishment had to be decided by the whole crew, so it didn't seem like the captain was being unfair or overly brutal. Pirates could also vote out their captain if they felt the captain was doing a bad job, such as not going after enough ships, taking too much of his share, being too harsh in punishment, or not listening to the crew. Again, this is all to keep order. You had to keep morale very high, you had to make sure there was very little discontent or infighting.
You needed to have a sense of order on a pirate ship. One of the big draws that pirates used to recruit hostages to officially join them into piracy was to tell them they'd get an equal share. This was quite rare on many other ships. where payment was based per person, or maybe just a flat rate across the board. A lot of times your wages might get withheld or you wouldn't necessarily get the wages you were promised. On a pirate ship, everyone had the amount of money they were going to get based on the hierarchy and based on their skill level. The quartermaster was in charge of doling out all of the spoils or the stolen goods. If someone was caught taking more of their share, that was a huge deal.
You could get very severely punished perhaps by marooning or being jailed below the hold. The punishment had to be decided by the whole crew, so it didn't seem like the captain was being unfair or overly brutal. Pirates could also vote out their captain if they felt the captain was doing a bad job, such as not going after enough ships, taking too much of his share, being too harsh in punishment, or not listening to the crew. Again, this is all to keep order. You had to keep morale very high, you had to make sure there was very little discontent or infighting...
Read in Ars Technica: https://apple.news/AHFAa96ALQFyIgcpw6b6zYw
Thanks to DJ for that link.
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