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Replica - Double-florin - Edward III
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Type | Replica coin |
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| Reverse lettering | IHC TRANSIENS PER MEDIUM ILLORUM IBAT (Translation: But Jesus passing through their midst went His way) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Edward III's gold double-florin of 1344 — the "double leopard" — failed so completely that it was withdrawn from circulation within months, its exchange rate of six shillings deemed unworkable by English merchants accustomed to continental gold valuations. The entire original issue is now among the rarest medieval English coins known, with only a handful of genuine survivors.
This is a replica. Nothing about its collectibility derives from the original's scarcity.