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1/2 Florin - Martin I
| Issuer | Valencia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1396-1410 |
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| Weight | 1.76 g |
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| Obverse lettering | S IOHANNES B (Translation: Saint John the Baptist) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Martin I inherited the Aragonese crown in 1396 following the extinction of the direct male line with the death of his brother Joan I, and his Valencian half-florin was struck throughout a reign consumed by succession anxiety — Martin died in 1410 leaving no legitimate heir, triggering the Compromise of Caspe that handed the crown to the Castilian Trastámara dynasty. The half-florin denomination itself derived from the Florentine florin, adopted by the Crown of Aragon in the mid-fourteenth century and locally adapted across its constituent territories.
Cru#506 examples are genuinely scarce. The 1.76g weight reflects the Aragonese florin standard, which ran slightly lighter than its Florentine model.