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1 Noble - Edward III Pre-Treaty period, series F
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1356 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | King Edward III depicted full-length, crowned and clad in chain armor, standing facing within a ship in full sail, brandishing a sword in his right hand and bearing a quartered shield of England and France in his left. The ship's hull is decorated with a series of shields along the gunwale, and a lion figurehead is visible at the bow. The roping and rigging of the vessel are rendered in fine detail characteristic of the Pre-Treaty noble series. The royal legend in Gothic uncial lettering surrounds the entire composition within a beaded inner circle. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Series F of the Pre-Treaty nobles is distinguished by its annulet stops and specific letter forms that place production firmly before the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360 — the agreement that briefly forced Edward to renounce his claim to the French throne and triggered an immediate coinage revision. The classification into series A through F was largely systematized by twentieth-century scholarship working from hoard evidence, particularly the Fishpool Hoard of 1966, which contained nobles spanning multiple series and allowed die-link sequences to be established with unusual confidence.
Edward III introduced the noble in 1344, replacing the failed florin after just four months of circulation.