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1/2 Real - Ferdinandus II
| Issuer | Aragon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1484 |
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| Value | 1/2 Real (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing crowned bust of Ferdinand II within a beaded inner circle, the effigy rendered in a late medieval Gothic style with the king depicted wearing a crown adorned with fleurs-de-lis and displaying shoulder-length hair. The truncation of the bust shows a draped collar. The surrounding field between the inner beaded circle and the outer border carries the Latin royal legend interrupted by pellet stops. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand II struck these small silver pieces during the critical years following his unification of Castile and Aragon through marriage to Isabella I — a dynastic consolidation that would, within a decade, fund Columbus's first voyage and expel the Jews from Spain under the Alhambra Decree of 1492. The half real denomination sat at the functional base of Aragonese silver coinage, filling everyday transactional gaps that larger denominations could not.
Crusafont 1305 is among the more elusive entries in the Aragonese series for this reign, with surviving examples frequently showing uneven flans attributable to the hand-hammered production methods still universal at Aragonese mints in 1484.