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1/2 Tornês de Busto - Fernando I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1371-1383 |
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| Weight | 1.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Crowned facing bust of King Fernando I within a beaded inner circle, the king depicted wearing a fleur-de-lis crown with central finial and draped regalia. The effigy is rendered in the Gothic style characteristic of late 14th-century Portuguese hammered coinage. The surrounding circular legend reads FERNANDVS REX PORTVG with mint marks L and B flanking the bust, separated by a pellet. The coin exhibits the typical irregular flan and patchy silver surface consistent with billon coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.01 - ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.02 (...PORTVG/...PORTV) - ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.03 (...PORTV/...PORTVG) - ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.04 (FERNANDVS:DEG:REX:POR) - ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.05 (...POR / ...POR) - ND (1371-1383) L-B - AG#Fe 60.06 (...POR / ...PORTV) - |
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Fernando I's reign was defined almost entirely by war — three separate conflicts with Castile between 1369 and 1382 — and the crown's chronic inability to finance them without debasing the coinage. The billon issues of this period reflect successive reductions in silver content as the treasury strained under military expenditure and the political costs of Fernando's ultimately futile dynastic ambitions in Castile.
The Lisboa mint's output under Fernando is catalogued by Gomes with considerable die variety, a byproduct of high-volume emergency production rather than any deliberate program.