Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Real - Ferdinandus V and Elisabet I
| Issuer | Spain |
|---|---|
| Year | 1497-1566 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | FERNANDVS·ET·ELISABET (Translation: Fernando and Isabel) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | REX·ET·REGINA·CAST·LEGION (Translation: King and Queen Castilla and León) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The 1497 Medina del Campo ordinance — issued jointly by Ferdinand and Isabella following the conquest of Granada and Columbus's first return from the Americas — established Spain's first unified coinage system, replacing a chaotic patchwork of regional issues that had made commerce across the crowns of Castile and Aragon genuinely difficult. The Real became the backbone of that system. The date range here extends well past Isabella's death in 1504 and Ferdinand's in 1516, meaning later pieces were struck under Charles I using the effigies and titles of his grandparents as a deliberate continuity measure.