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10 Euros Real of Catholic Monarchs
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 27 g |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2014 M - Proof - 10,000 |
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The "Real of the Catholic Monarchs" was the workhorse coin of the early Spanish colonial economy — the denomination Isabella and Ferdinand standardized in 1497 through the Pragmática de Medina del Campo, the monetary reform that unified Castilian and Aragonese coinage systems ahead of the demands Atlantic trade was already beginning to impose. That original real and its multiples became the backbone of global commerce for the next two centuries, circulating from Manila to Seville to the Caribbean entrepôts.
This 2014 commemorative was issued as part of the Royal Mint's ongoing numismatic series honoring historical Spanish coinage types.