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XXXVI. Remarks on the first Noble, coined 18 Edward III, A.D. 1334; wherein a new and more rational Interpretation is given of the Legend on the Reverse. By the Rev. Mr. Pegge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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King Edward III. may properly be esteemed the father of the gold specie of England, notwithstanding some singular appearances which precede his time; since gold has in a manner continued to be minted without interruption ever since his reign.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1775

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References

page 316 note [a] Wise's Num. Bodl. Catal. p. 233.

page 316 note [b] Snelling's View of the gold coin of England, p. 2.

page 316 note [c] Pl. I. N° 1.

page 316 note [d] Pl. I.

page 316 note [e] Loc. cit.

page 317 note [f] Snelling, p. 3.

page 317 note [g] Pl. II. N° 1.

page 317 note [h] Numismata, p. 86.

page 317 note [i] Historical Account of English Money, p. 110. et seq. adduced below.

page 317 note [k] P. 233.

page 318 note [l] P. 3.

page 318 note [m] Mr. Evelyn, p. 85. Mr. Leake, below. Mr. Snelling, p. 3.

page 319 note [n] P. III.

page 319 note [o] Camden, Remains, p. 187.

page 319 note [p] Cave, Hist. Lit. Appendix, p. 4.

page 319 note [q] Ibid.

page 319 note [r] P. 233.

page 320 note [s] Camden and Wise, ll. cc.

page 320 note [t] Snelling, p. 1.

page 320 note [u] Camden, Remains, p. 187.

page 320 note [w] See the coins of Ethelred II.

page 322 note [x] Rapin, p. 423.

page 322 note [y] Snelling, p. 1.

page 322 note [z] P. 3.

page 322 note [a] P. 428.

page 323 note [b] Snelling, p. 3. Campbell's Lives of the Admirals, IV. p. 310.

page 323 note [c] Rapin, p. 441.

page 323 note [d] Rapin, p. 440, 441. Leake, p. 98. 114.

page 323 note [e] Snelling, p. 4.

page 323 note [f] Rapin, p. 441.

page 323 note [g] It is said, in the notes on Rapin, p. 440, that Edward ceased to quarter the arms of France with those of England. But, as the nobles coined after 1360 exhibit the arms, the assertion is not true in respect of the coin.

page 323 note [h] Folkes, Plate I.