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1/2 Real - Enrique II Toledo
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1373-1379 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned royal Gothic monogram of Enrique II occupying the central field, the interlaced letters surmounted by a fleur-de-lis crown rendered in high relief. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the circular Latin legend distributed around the periphery reading from a cross pattee stop. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Enrique II came to power by murdering his half-brother Pedro I in 1369 — a fratricide that ended a brutal civil war and inaugurated the Trastámara dynasty. His coinage reforms followed quickly, as the new king needed legitimately circulating money to consolidate a kingdom exhausted by nearly a decade of conflict. Toledo was one of the principal mints pressed into immediate service for this purpose.
The .931 fineness is notably high for Castilian fractional silver of this period, a standard that would not survive his successors' fiscal pressures for long.