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1/2 Real - Ferdinandus V and Elisabet I Granada
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1497-1566 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a yoke, the personal device of Ferdinand II of Aragon, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The yoke is rendered in a stylized Gothic manner typical of Castilian hammered coinage of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A Latin legend encircles the design between the beaded circle and the irregular coin edge, naming Ferdinand and Isabella together with the mint city of Granada. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERNANDVS·ET·ELISABET G (Translation: Ferdinand and Isabella Granada) |
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This type was authorized under the Pragmatic of Medina del Campo in 1497, the same royal decree that standardized Castilian coinage and established the eight-real as Spain's foundational silver unit. Granada's mint, operating from a city conquered only five years earlier, struck these pieces under the continued pairing of Ferdinand and Isabella long after Isabella's death in 1504 — the royal cipher persisted through subsequent reigns as a matter of minting convention rather than dynastic accuracy.
The Granada mint remained active on this type through 1566, meaning some pieces bearing Ferdinand and Isabella's joint authority were struck during the reign of Philip II.