1/2 Florin - Martin I

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.