George Noble

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George Noble

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…and sixpence, and introduced the George noble—so called from its type of St. George and the Dragon—to take the angel’s old value. In 1544 he issued the base shilling, or teston, of 12 pence and debased the silver coinage. When Edward VI again restored a coinage of fine silver, he…
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…and sixpence, and introduced the George noble—so called from its type of St. George and the Dragon—to take the angel’s old value. In 1544 he issued the base shilling, or teston, of 12 pence and debased the silver coinage. When Edward VI again restored a coinage of fine silver, he…
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