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1/2 Real - Ferdinandus II blackletter
| Issuer | Majorca, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1508-1516 |
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| Reference(s) | Cru#1181 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | MAIORICA CATOLICA (Translation: Catholic Majorca) |
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Ferdinand II's Majorcan coinage of this period reflects the island's administrative absorption into the Crown of Aragon rather than Castile — a distinction that mattered enormously to local merchants navigating dual-currency trade with the mainland. The half real was the workhorse denomination for small transactions, and Majorca's mint output during these years was modest enough that survivors in any condition are genuinely scarce.
The blackletter titulature places this issue early in the type, before Ferdinand's death in January 1516 ended production entirely.