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2 Maravedis - Felipe V Barcelona and Zaragoza
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1718-1720 |
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| Value | 2 Maravedis (1⁄17) |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, reclining lion passant guardant, holding an orb and upright sword, depicted within a beaded inner circle. The date appears at the top of the inner circle, flanking the crown. The surrounding Latin legend VTRUNQ+VIRT+PROTEGO encircles the design, separated by cross stops, expressing the Bourbon motto of protection through virtue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Felipe V issued these copper maravedis from Barcelona and Zaragoza in the immediate aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, during which Catalonia and Aragon had backed the Habsburg claimant and suffered the consequences. The 1716 Nueva Planta decrees stripped both territories of their autonomous institutions, and the Bourbon administration's decision to mint in Barcelona and Zaragoza was partly a deliberate assertion of Crown control over regions that had just spent over a decade in open resistance.
The Barcelona and Zaragoza strikes of this type are distinguishable by mint mark, and output from both facilities was relatively modest across the three-year run.