How King Edgar Made England's First Unified Coinage

In 973 AD, King Edgar of England summoned the moneyers of every mint from Cornwall to Northumbria to Winchester, and issued a single royal decree: from now on, every penny in the realm must be identical — same design, same weight, same silver purity. This was the Edgar Reform, a monetary revolution that created England's first national coinage and established a system that would last unchanged for over 150 years. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the details of that reform — how the 'Reform Penny' was struck, how it was enforced, how it helped unify a fragile kingdom after the chaos of the Viking age, and why the coins themselves became a tool of royal propaganda. They also trace the career of Edgar, the 'father of the English navy', and the forgotten figure of Dunstan, the archbishop who helped design the coinage. Along the way, they examine surviving pennies, the role of local mints, and the surprising story of the Chester moneyers who nearly ruined it all. #History #FexingoHistory #England #AngloSaxon #EdgarThePeaceable #ReformPenny #Coinage #Numismatics #Medieval #978 #Winchester #Dunstan #MonetaryReform #VikingAge #Mints #Moneyers #Chester #SilverPenny Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo