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1/2 Groat - Ferdinand II straight hair
| Issuer | Catalonia, Principality of |
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| Year | 1479-1516 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groat (3⁄80) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned bust of Ferdinand II facing left, depicted with straight hair falling in vertical strands beneath the crown, in the Gothic style typical of late medieval Aragonese coinage. The king wears a floral crown and a draped tunic visible at the truncation. A beaded inner circle frames the effigy, with the Latin legend running along the outer periphery of the flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (1479-1516) |
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Ferdinand II's long reign over Catalonia — consolidated after his marriage to Isabella of Castile in 1469 and the formal union of the Aragonese and Castilian crowns — produced a prolonged and administratively complex coinage across multiple mints. Catalonia retained its own monetary system well into this period, with Barcelona among the principal striking facilities. The "straight hair" designation distinguishes this die variant from the curly-hair type within Cru#1145, a distinction that likely reflects successive portrait punches rather than any deliberate policy change at the mint.