1/2 Tornês Atípico - Fernando I Lisboa mint

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.