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1/2 Tornês Atípico - Fernando I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1367-1369 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Portuguese royal shield, featuring a bordered escutcheon charged with five roundels arranged in a quincunx pattern, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The shield is depicted in a simplified, archaic style characteristic of medieval Iberian hammered coinage. The surrounding legend reads FERNANDVS REX PORTVG in uncial Latin characters, partially visible around the periphery. The overall execution is irregular, consistent with the hand-struck technique of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERNANDVS REX PORTVG |
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Fernando I's early coinage is among the most administratively chaotic in medieval Portuguese numismatics. He inherited a monetary system already strained by the Black Death's demographic collapse and immediately began debasing it further to fund his first war against Castile, which opened in 1369. The "atípico" designation in Gomes reflects genuine die irregularities and weight inconsistencies that distinguish these pieces from Fernando's regularized tornês issues — not collector fancy, but documented production disorder from the Lisbon mint during a period when monetary policy was being made in wartime.