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A gros was a type of silver coinage of ''The Cambridge Economic History of Europe: Trade and industry in the Middle Ages'' by Edward Miller, Michael Moïssey Postan, Cynthia Postan p.822
/ref> The ''gros'' was sub-divided in ''half gros'' and ''quarter gros''. The original gros created by St Louis weighed about 4.52 g of nearly pure silver, and was valued at one sou, that is 12 deniers or 1/20 of a
A gros was a type of silver coinage of France
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from the time of Saint Louis. There were ''gros tournois'' and ''gros parisis''./ref> The ''gros'' was sub-divided in ''half gros'' and ''quarter gros''. The original gros created by St Louis weighed about 4.52 g of nearly pure silver, and was valued at one sou, that is 12 deniers or 1/20 of a
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The (; ; abbreviation: ₶ or £) was one of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages, medieval France, and a unit of account (i.e., a monetary unit used in accounting) used in early modern France.
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. Unlike the gold écu that was minted in small numbers, mostly for prestige reasons, the gros was a very common coin, and very widely copied by non royal mints.
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* Groschen * Groat (coin) * KuruÅŸ * Venetian grosso Medieval currencies Numismatics {{Coin-stub