Philip the Good inherited Flanders in 1419 following the assassination of his father, John the Fearless, on the bridge at Montereau — a murder conducted in full view of the Dauphin's retinue. The third emission of his noble, dated to 1428–1430, falls squarely within his strategic pivot toward England, culminating in the Treaty of Arras negotiations that would eventually shift Burgundian allegiance in 1435. The noble itself was an English form, and Philip's continued striking of it was a deliberate monetary signal during years when his alliance with England remained commercially and politically useful.
The near-pure gold standard of .995 fineness is exceptional even by the period's top-tier issues.
Philip the Good inherited Flanders in 1419 following the assassination of his father, John the Fearless, on the bridge at Montereau — a murder conducted in full view of the Dauphin's retinue. The third emission of his noble, dated to 1428–1430, falls squarely within his strategic pivot toward England, culminating in the Treaty of Arras negotiations that would eventually shift Burgundian allegiance in 1435. The noble itself was an English form, and Philip's continued striking of it was a deliberate monetary signal during years when his alliance with England remained commercially and politically useful.
The near-pure gold standard of .995 fineness is exceptional even by the period's top-tier issues.