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1/2 Real - Enrique IV Burgos
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1471-1474 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Quartered royal shield of Castile and Leon within a beaded inner circle, displaying alternating castles and rampant lions in the four quarters: a towered castle in the first and fourth quarters representing Castile, and a rampant lion in the second and third quarters representing Leon. The shield is rendered in the Gothic heraldic style typical of the reign of Enrique IV. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner field, partially legible on this hammered flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ENRICVS DEI GRACIA REX CASTE (Translation: Enrique IV King of Castile by the grace of God) |
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Enrique IV's coinage is among the most chaotic in Castilian history. The monetary ordinances of 1471 were a desperate attempt to stabilize a currency debased so badly during his reign that merchants across Castile routinely refused royal coin at face value. Mints operated with inconsistent oversight, and Burgos — one of the crown's most important commercial centers — produced pieces with notable variation in die execution and silver fineness even within the same ordinance period.
AB#719 covers a wide type range, and attribution of individual pieces to specific emission phases within 1471–1474 remains difficult without die study.