Talk:Noble (English coin)

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I see it says ~7.8-9 grams; any idea what that would translate to insofar as approximate diameter? Hephaestos

Gosh - you've no idea how difficult it is to find a diameter for the coin... I've just spent nearly an hour and a half looking at websites and reading my coin catalogue and Glyn Jones' History of Money and absolutely everyone refers to the size of these coins by weight rather than by diameter! So, in answer to your question, "no, 'fraid not!". Arwel

[edit] diameter of english noble

the thing with diameters,which many people who are not used to medieval and ancient coinage are not aware of, is that these coins were produced by the hammering method, and therefore, although the weight was always uniform, the diameter depended on many hard to control factors, such as how strong the hammer was swung at the die, the annealing state of the blank, etc....Basically, diameters vary slightly, and therefore are not usually noted. Only much later (starting in the 1600's, but not popular until the mid 1700's) did mints employ collars, which held the blank around its rim as it was being srtuck, therefore maintaining constant diameter. This process is also known as milling.