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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No noble holds all their wealth in liquid currency. Most of their wealth comes from their land holdings, etc.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Petty nobles back then were vassals and often heavily in debt to their liege. Even with their land holdings some basically had a negative net worth. So most of their income of the land went straight to their liege. The coins they had on hand were their only wealth they could spend.