▁French ▁coin ▁and ▁ultimately ▁on ▁co ins ▁issued ▁in ▁Florence , ▁Italy , ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 2 , ▁was ▁a ▁standard ▁coin ▁( 3 . 5   g ▁fine ▁gold ) ▁widely ▁used ▁intern ation ally . ▁ ▁The ▁co ins ▁were ▁under weight ▁for ▁their ▁value , ▁resulting ▁in ▁them ▁being ▁un accept able ▁to ▁mer ch ants , ▁and ▁the ▁co ins ▁were ▁with dra wn ▁after ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁in ▁circul ation , ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 3 4 4 , ▁to ▁be ▁m elt ed ▁down ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁more ▁popular ▁gold ▁noble ▁( 9   g ▁gold ▁val ued ▁at ▁ 6 s   8 d ). ▁▁ ▁The ▁ob verse ▁of ▁the ▁coin ▁shows ▁the ▁King ▁ent hr oned ▁beneath ▁a ▁can opy , ▁with ▁two ▁le op ards ' ▁heads ▁at ▁the ▁sides ▁( the ▁le op ard ▁being ▁the ▁her ald ic ▁" l ion " ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ); ▁the ▁legend ▁is ▁ED WR ▁D ▁G RA ▁RE X ▁AN GL ▁ <0xE2> <0x81> <0x8A> ▁FR AN C ▁DNS ▁H IB ▁(" Ed ward , ▁by ▁the ▁Grace ▁of ▁God ▁King ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁France , ▁Lord ▁of ▁Ireland "). ▁The ▁reverse ▁of ▁the ▁coin ▁shows ▁the ▁Royal ▁cross ▁within ▁a ▁qu at ref o il , ▁a ▁le op ard ▁in ▁each ▁sp and rel ; ▁the ▁legend ▁is ▁I HC ▁TR AN SI EN S ▁P ER ▁M ED I UM ▁I LL OR UM ▁IB