1 Penny - Edward III 3rd coinage, Canterbury mint, class 2

Edward III's third coinage ran directly through the Black Death years, with bubonic plague reaching England in 1348 and killing perhaps a third of the population before 1351. Mint output at Canterbury collapsed during this period — surviving records show severe disruption to staff and operations — which makes issues from these precise years considerably scarcer than the dates alone suggest.

Class 2 within the third coinage is distinguished by specific lettering and crown characteristics that place it early in the sequence, before the plague's full demographic impact hit production capacity.