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| Issuer | Catalonia, Principality of |
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| Year | 1652 |
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| Currency | Libra |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Louis XIV facing right, dividing the denomination mark X·R to either side of the effigy. The peripheral legend, separated from the central device by a beaded inner circle, runs around the full circumference and includes the date 1651 at the base. The portrait is rendered in a relatively crude hammered style characteristic of emergency siege coinage, with long flowing hair visible behind the king's head. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cross of moderate length at center, with an annulet occupying the first and fourth quarters and three pellets (bezants) arranged in the second and third quarters. A lozenge-shaped crowned shield is superimposed at the center of the cross. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded circle, with a continuous Latin siege legend running around the outer field. |
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| Mintage | 1652 - /1,Cal#26 - 1652 - Cal#27 - |
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