London . either of its late unhappyowners pretensions or of the [Silver of [Golil Noble of Elohard H.] Edward HI. introduced several now coins into circulation, namely, the goldflorin, with its half and quarter; the gold noble, also with its divisions; the groatand the half-groat. The gold florin, intended to pass for six shillings, now worthabout nineteen, was found an inconvenient sum, and also, it is said, priced beyondits real value: so it soon gave ])]ace to the gold noble, or rose noble, as it wassometimes called, of the value of 6s. 8d., or half a mark. On this
London . either of its late unhappyowners pretensions or of the [Silver of [Golil Noble of Elohard H.] Edward HI. introduced several now coins into circulation, namely, the goldflorin, with its half and quarter; the gold noble, also with its divisions; the groatand the half-groat. The gold florin, intended to pass for six shillings, now worthabout nineteen, was found an inconvenient sum, and also, it is said, priced beyondits real value: so it soon gave ])]ace to the gold noble, or rose noble, as it wassometimes called, of the value of 6s. 8d., or half a mark. On this coin we per- THE MINT. 41 ceivc Edward. com])lctely armed, in a ship—a reference most probably to liisgreat naval victory over the French at Sluys in lo40, when the latter lost fromten to fifteen thousand men. This is the coin bearing the extraordinary legendbefore mentioned, and which was suj)posed in ancient times to have been madeof Lullys wondrous gold. The noble of Kichard II. (shown above) is almost <anexact fac simile of this famous coin, which was subseque
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