London . s 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 subsequently (temp. Henry VI.)raised to the value of ten shillings, and called the rial. The .silver groat borrowedits name fr
London . s 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 subsequently (temp. Henry VI.)raised to the value of ten shillings, and called the rial. The .silver groat borrowedits name from the French word sros, and was no doubt so desig-nated from itsbeing the largest piece then known. No new coins appeared from this time until the reign of Edward IV.; but astory of a remarkable kind is told by Speed, Hollinshed, and other writers, ofwhich, according to a high authority, the silver coins of Henry V. probably pre-sent a permanent memorial. In (he coin here shown the reader will perceive. [Silver Groat of Henry V,] below the flowing hair small round circles. These arc the only distinguishingfeatures of Henry coin from his fathers, and arc, it is supposetl, intendedfor eyelet holes, from an odd stratagem when he was prince. * The followingaccount of the odd stratagem is from Speed. The period referred to is thelatter part of Henry reign, when the King being somewhat crazy, andkeeping his chamber, hearing news daily of his sons loose exercises, too meanfor a prince, and their constructions—(ever made to aim at his crown), he beganboth to withdraw his fatherly affection, and to fear some violence against his ownperson; which, when Prince Henry heard of, by some that favoured him of tlicKings council, in a strange disguise he repaired to his court, accompanied withmany lords and noblemens sons. His garment was a gown of blue satin, wroughtfull of eyelet holes, and at every eyelet the needle left hanging by the silk it waswrought with. About his arm he w
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