File:Double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders (1467-1477). (FindID 237020).jpg

English: A silver late Medieval coin; a double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders (1467-1477).

Other coins of this type have been recorded on the database, e.g. SWYOR-214D75

In 1469 a monetary convention between Duke Charles and King Edward IV made the former’s coinage in the Low Countries legal tender in England. In practice, only the double patard established itself in currency, with a formal valuation equal to the silver groat, i.e. fourpence. (Although the fineness of the coin was below the level of sterling, the weight of the coin was higher than the groat.) The currency of the double patard was reinforced by a series of English royal proclamations during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, but its role was terminated by the onset of the Great Debasement in 1544: in practice, there were probably few still in use by this date. However, in the late 15th century and first couple of decades of the 16th, double patards of Charles the Bold were a part of the English currency and feature regularly in hoards alongside English groats and are also recovered as single finds. There have also been a few finds of small groups of double patards with no other coins.