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Celebrating Gathering Together as One to Promote Success in Pursuit Of Common Goals. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | The eyrir originally weighed approximately 26.4 grams but as the Viking Age progressed this weight was reduced to about 24.5 grams. |
 | | An "eyrir" of silver was equal to 144 skillings. |
 | | An "eyrir" would, therefore, have been equal to three crowns [kroner], modern Danish coinage, since sixteen skillings are equal to one-third of a crown [ 1/3 ore], and a half "mark" of silver would accordingly have been equal to twelve crowns, Danish coinage. |
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