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1/4 Real - Enrique IV Cuenca
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1471-1474 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | + XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REG HEN |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Enrique IV's later coinage is inseparable from the political disaster of his reign — the nobility's mock deposition of his effigy at Ávila in 1465 ("the Farce of Ávila") triggered years of civil war and currency debasement so severe that his own mints were issuing coins of wildly inconsistent fineness. The Cuenca mint, operating under royal license during the 1471–1474 window, produced small silver at a notably higher purity than much contemporary Castilian coinage, which had collapsed in public trust.
AB#735 encompasses documented die variants from Cuenca distinguishable by mintmark placement.