1 Noble - Edward III Pre-Treaty period, series F

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.