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1 Noble - Henry V class A
| Issuer | Crown of England |
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| Year | 1413-1422 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry V's noble coinage was fixed by royal indenture at the outset of his reign, with the class A issues representing the earliest production under his authority. The denomination itself — inherited from Edward III's 1344 monetary reform — remained one of the most trusted gold coins circulating in northern European trade throughout the Hundred Years' War, accepted by merchants from London to Bruges without discount.
Spink 1739 places this firmly among the opening issues of his nine-year reign, before the Agincourt campaign of 1415 disrupted royal administration and mint output alike.