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2 Reales - Carolus I
| Issuer | Valencia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1516-1556 |
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| Value | 2 Reales (3⁄20) |
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| Reverse description | Crowned shield of Valencia at centre, bearing the distinctive arms of the city — a bat atop the crown and the quartered arms featuring the diagonal bars of Aragon — all within a beaded inner circle. Small heraldic shields and floral ornaments are disposed around the central device in the field. The encircling Latin legend VALENCIA MAIORICARVM runs around the periphery, beginning with a cross pattee at top and punctuated by rosette stops, denoting the issuing authority of Valencia and Majorca. |
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| Mintage | ND (1516-1556) - crown in obv. and lion in rev.,Cal#35 - ND (1516-1556) - eagle in obv. and lion in rev.,Cal#36 - ND (1516-1556) - lion in obv. and rev.,Cal#33 - ND (1516-1556) - lion in obv. and upside down in rev. ,Cal#34 - ND (1516-1556) - lion in obv.,Cal#38 - ND (1516-1556) - lion in rev.,Cal#37 - ND (1516-1556) - w/o little shields.,Cal#39 - |
| Additional information |
Carlos I of Spain — the same man crowned Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1519 — never visited the Valencia mint, yet its output during his reign was critical to financing his relentless military campaigns across Europe and North Africa. The Valencian coinage operated under distinct fuero privileges that gave the kingdom unusual monetary autonomy, meaning these reales circulated alongside but were not strictly interchangeable with Castilian issues of the same reign.
Cayon's Cal#33 reference places this among a small documented group; Valencian silver of this period is substantially scarcer than contemporary Castilian production.