1 Farthing - Edward III 4th coinage, Treaty period

The Treaty period designation refers to the years following the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, under which Edward III renounced his claim to the French throne in exchange for full sovereignty over an enlarged Aquitaine. The arrangement collapsed by 1369 when Charles V of France declared the treaty void, at which point Edward resumed his French title — a shift directly reflected in the coinage's changed titulature. These farthings are among the smallest and most fragile coins of the medieval English series, and survivors in any condition are genuinely scarce.