This Day in British History
Historical trivia, births, deaths, events, kings, queens, and all of the peculiar quirkiness that makes British history so much fun!
11 March, 1248
First 'trial of the Pyx' tests coinage
The 'trial', headed by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, tested the purity of coinage by assaying
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