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Ecclesiastical Coins

A name given in general to such pieces as were issued by archbishops, bishops, and abbots, to distinguish them from those struck by sovereigns and rulers.

In England ecclesiastical coins were not issued after the reign of Henry VIII.


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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