Hey mate, I really enjoy your videos. I'm a collector in Australia and have recently began exploring pre decimal 19th century English coinage. Have a spinks reference book coming soon. Totally intrigued by hammered coins, such incredible pieces of history! Much appreciation for your channel!!! Thanks for the inspiration 👍🏼
A very good video! i love this series youre doing. I think its very interesting that the living wage of skilled workers seems to have gotten much better compared to before.
Excellent information Luke, as this is by far my favourite period in history. I was going to suggest doing a small change guide, strictly Elizabethan, as these coins seldom get a mention in the sense that they have a lot of individuality in the portraits, and it would be interesting to compare the smaller purchases of the time, which the ordinary people of poorer classes were more inclined to weigh up before parting with such valuable change.
My God in the mid 70s I was paid a whopping $330 a MONTH for being in the Navy. That was 12 hrs on 12hrs off, NO days off (not even Holidays). I actually made more money, being paid $2 per hr, per 8 hr day. I'll never forget my 1st civilian paycheck, after I got out. I had $346 AFTER taxes (which were 1/3 of my check back then). I stared in disbelief. There was a skit on the old Saturday Night Live TV show. They showed US Sailors rushing about, buckets, mops, scrub brushes, in there hands. The narrator said: Port of call, Bayonne New Jersey!!! At the end he said "The Navy its NOT just a job, its 26c per hr!!!" A spoof on the ad, "The Navy, Its's not just a job...It's an adventure!!!" LOL Of course our military is paid much better now, & rightfully so. But I always thought the civilian desk jockeys, should makewhat the soldiers & sailors make, while the military members make what those over paid folks are making. Just an opinion, as I was on the Flight Deck of an aircraft carrier, extremely hazardous work.
Were you a conscript or a volunteer? I wonder, since historically, even very wealthy countries and even in the modern era, would usually underpay conscripts, while paying volunteers or especially professional contract soldiers/sailors/airmen quite well. I’m not saying that’s good or bad, but merely observing what has often been the case historically.
@@samy7013 I volunteered at 18 yrs old, in 1975. After I got out & worked for a DoD (Dept. of Defense) contractor, I worked with a bunch of guys who'd served in Viet Nam. I was shocked to hear how LITTLE they were paid. I am happy those people in the military now, are being paid MUCH better. I worked with a guy who'd retired from the Air Force after 24 yrs, he was an E9 (top rank for enlisted men) when he retired. He was always talking about the BIG money he'd made in the military. one fellow said "but _____ look at the TIME you had to put in, to start making good money." Another irreverent guy said "______ you should write a book, "How I Made My First Million In The AIr Force, On Enlisted Man's Pay." We all started laughing, & I said "All right guys breaks over, let's get back to work."(Yes I was 24 & a boss. Not the big boss, but I was in charge of the electronics techs.) Sorry such a long answer, but as far as I know, in the US Military it didn't matter if you were drafted or enlisted, we all were paid the same
As we see real inflation in our everyday lives, videos like these help bring perspective to the things that were once exceptional rarities, and to the buying power our currencies once had. Of course, produce costs of the time were low since farming was still common in the Early Modern era. By the way, that's an impressive milled Elizabethan shilling!
Clay pipes were very cheap in the 1800s - most cost a farthing or half penny each mainly as they were fragile and broke easily. Makers sold them in grosses (144) for around 4 or 5 shillings. Smoking did not even start until around 1585 in England and did not filtrate down the classes until the 1640s.
Sure there is a mistake with lamb costing 11/2 and beef at 3d per pound, that means the lamb is 37 times more expensive! Are you sure it wasn't 1½d per pound for lamb.
Hey mate, I really enjoy your videos. I'm a collector in Australia and have recently began exploring pre decimal 19th century English coinage. Have a spinks reference book coming soon. Totally intrigued by hammered coins, such incredible pieces of history! Much appreciation for your channel!!! Thanks for the inspiration 👍🏼
Great video as always Luke! 👍Very interesting and information. 👏
Eye opening some of those comparisons to where they were 500 years ago, great upload
A very good video! i love this series youre doing. I think its very interesting that the living wage of skilled workers seems to have gotten much better compared to before.
Excellent as always Luke.
Excellent information Luke, as this is by far my favourite period in history. I was going to suggest doing a small change guide, strictly Elizabethan, as these coins seldom get a mention in the sense that they have a lot of individuality in the portraits, and it would be interesting to compare the smaller purchases of the time, which the ordinary people of poorer classes were more inclined to weigh up before parting with such valuable change.
Absolutely amazing work great content.
Another great video. I really enjoy these. It gives more meaning to the coins in the collection.
Another splendid video as always, I see we didn't get a price for 80 pounds of cheese this time? 😆
Luke, a coney catcher is a rabbit catcher, coney is a name for rabbits , as in Coney Island
Thanks Ed, they’re also a group of scammers back in Elizabethan times 🙏
Great video... Thanks...
If losing a button was that expensive I'm surprised I dig up so many of the bloody tihngs!
Do you mind posting the specifications in grams or ozt for the gold and silver currency denominations circulating during Elizabethan times?
My God in the mid 70s I was paid a whopping $330 a MONTH for being in the Navy. That was 12 hrs on 12hrs off, NO days off (not even Holidays). I actually made more money, being paid $2 per hr, per 8 hr day. I'll never forget my 1st civilian paycheck, after I got out. I had $346 AFTER taxes (which were 1/3 of my check back then). I stared in disbelief. There was a skit on the old Saturday Night Live TV show. They showed US Sailors rushing about, buckets, mops, scrub brushes, in there hands. The narrator said: Port of call, Bayonne New Jersey!!! At the end he said "The Navy its NOT just a job, its 26c per hr!!!" A spoof on the ad, "The Navy, Its's not just a job...It's an adventure!!!" LOL Of course our military is paid much better now, & rightfully so. But I always thought the civilian desk jockeys, should makewhat the soldiers & sailors make, while the military members make what those over paid folks are making. Just an opinion, as I was on the Flight Deck of an aircraft carrier, extremely hazardous work.
Were you a conscript or a volunteer? I wonder, since historically, even very wealthy countries and even in the modern era, would usually underpay conscripts, while paying volunteers or especially professional contract soldiers/sailors/airmen quite well. I’m not saying that’s good or bad, but merely observing what has often been the case historically.
@@samy7013 I volunteered at 18 yrs old, in 1975. After I got out & worked for a DoD (Dept. of Defense) contractor, I worked with a bunch of guys who'd served in Viet Nam. I was shocked to hear how LITTLE they were paid. I am happy those people in the military now, are being paid MUCH better. I worked with a guy who'd retired from the Air Force after 24 yrs, he was an E9 (top rank for enlisted men) when he retired. He was always talking about the BIG money he'd made in the military. one fellow said "but _____ look at the TIME you had to put in, to start making good money." Another irreverent guy said "______ you should write a book, "How I Made My First Million In The AIr Force, On Enlisted Man's Pay." We all started laughing, & I said "All right guys breaks over, let's get back to work."(Yes I was 24 & a boss. Not the big boss, but I was in charge of the electronics techs.) Sorry such a long answer, but as far as I know, in the US Military it didn't matter if you were drafted or enlisted, we all were paid the same
As we see real inflation in our everyday lives, videos like these help bring perspective to the things that were once exceptional rarities, and to the buying power our currencies once had. Of course, produce costs of the time were low since farming was still common in the Early Modern era.
By the way, that's an impressive milled Elizabethan shilling!
Hey there! I have an Elizabeth I shilling, is there anyway I could send you a picture of it and you could tell me if you think it’s the real deal?
How much would a clay pipe have cost? There are so many found….
Clay pipes were very cheap in the 1800s - most cost a farthing or half penny each mainly as they were fragile and broke easily. Makers sold them in grosses (144) for around 4 or 5 shillings. Smoking did not even start until around 1585 in England and did not filtrate down the classes until the 1640s.
Sure there is a mistake with lamb costing 11/2 and beef at 3d per pound, that means the lamb is 37 times more expensive! Are you sure it wasn't 1½d per pound for lamb.
I thought Marks were German.
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