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about 1344, with the quarter (to which the half was
added in 1346), by Edward III. at the mint in the
Tower, and continued, with many variations, down to
Henry VIII., who struck the George noble and half-
noble. The rose-noble of Edward IV. is probably the
one intended by the jjlaeact of Antoine, Duke of
Lorraine (1511), where it is allowed to pass for six
francs in his territories. The coin was imitated by
David II. of Scotland (1329-71), and in the Low
Countries at various places, as mentioned by Hazlitt.
(ii.) A gold coin of Scotland under James VI., of two
types, 1580 and 1588, the latter known as the Thistle
noble, and engraved by Thomas Foulis. (hi.) A silver
coin of Scotland, first struck in 1568, and = a half-
merk, or 6s. 8d. Scots, with the moiety. These coins
occur of 1568-72-73-74-75-77-80.
Of the noble of Edward III. it is questionable whether
certain numbers were not struck at Ypres, by arrange-
ment between Edward and the towns of Ypres, Bruges,
and Ghent in 1345. (See Hazlitt, " Coins of Europe," p.
178.) This circumstance does not seem to have been
noticed by the English numismatists, who mention,
however, nobles with C for Calais. On the other hand,
the friendly relations between Edward and Jacob van
Artevelde of Ghent may lead to an inference that
these coins were struck there, and thus may be the
pieces permitted by Parliament to pass equally in Eng-
land and Flanders for six shillings. This sanction, so
far as England is concerned, implies a foreign origin.
(See Blanchet, "Manuel/ 1
1890, i. 442.)
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