Chapter 109
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Chapter 109
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Anton Luhr
Anton didn't know what to do.
The duke was obviously a greedy son of a bitch if he was willing to go so far as to mix a quarter of the coin's weight with junk metal. That was … that was unthinkable. Anton wasn't a merchant great enough to understand just how bad it was, but he understood that once the news about this got out, things were going to be extremely bad within the Duchy of Upper Bavaria.
First, he understood at the very least that once the news got out, outraged commoners and merchant might go on a riot. People have rioted for less.
Second, merchants and peddlers outside of the duchy will start trading less for Upper Bavarian pfennigs, groschen, and guelders. With people no longer taking those coins, they will either have to pay more for the same goods or get less goods for the same amount of coins.