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Many old contracts still pay in actual peppercorns. https://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/university-bath-paying-peppercorn-rent-1166973.amp https://w

• woleium 4y ago
  it's because rent used to be paid as a portion of salary, which was an annual salt allowance before it referred to money. Pepper was "the other table spice" and was much cheaper, so was used in it's place to make documents legal.