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1/4 Noble - Edward III Pre-treaty period, class B
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1351-1352 |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#1495, North#1141 |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Reverse lettering | EXALTABITVR•IN•GLORIA (Translation: He shall be exalted in glory) |
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The pre-treaty quarter nobles of Edward III's class B coinage belong to a period of intense monetary experimentation following the catastrophic disruption of the Black Death, which had killed roughly a third of England's population by 1351 and severely compressed economic activity. The Treaty of Brétigny in 1360 would later prompt a wholesale revision of the coinage — hence the retrospective "pre-treaty" classification applied to everything struck in the intervening years.
Class B is distinguished from class A primarily by the character of the initial cross on the obverse inscription. The series is short-lived; production shifted to class C by 1352.