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1 Ducat - Carolus I
| Issuer | Majorca, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1516-1556 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The quartered royal arms of Castile and León, Aragon, and Granada, surmounted by a crown and flanked by the columns of Hercules with scrolls at the base, all set within a beaded inner circle. The composite shield displays the castles of Castile, the lions of León, the vertical bars of Aragon, and the pomegranate of Granada in the base. The Latin legend MAIORICA CATOLICVS runs around the periphery, referencing the Majorcan mint and the royal Catholic title. |
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| Mintage | ND (1516-1556) - Cal#16 - ND (1516-1556) - other bust,Cal#17 - ND (1516-1556) - other shield,Cal#18 - |
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Carolus I — better known as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V — never held "King of Majorca" as a standalone title. The island's coinage was struck under his authority as part of the Crown of Aragon inheritance he received from his maternal grandfather, Ferdinand II, upon Ferdinand's death in January 1516. This ducat belongs to that first regnal period before Charles had even set foot in Spain.
Cal#16 places this among the earliest Majorcan gold issues under Habsburg rule, a dynasty that would hold the island uninterrupted for nearly two centuries.