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2 Reales - Felipe II Valladolid
| Issuer | Casa de la Moneda de Valladolid |
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| Year | 1566-1598 |
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| Currency | Real (1497-1833) |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quadrants, each containing alternating castles (towers) and rampant lions, representing the kingdoms of Castile and León respectively. The design is contained within a partial tressure or inner circle, and a partial Latin legend surrounds the periphery. The flan is irregular and cob-cut, typical of hammered macuquina silver coinage of the period, with much of the legend and border off-flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Felipe II inherited the Castilian minting system from his father Charles I and largely left its structure intact, but the Pragmática of 1566 tightened assayer accountability across all peninsular mints — a direct response to decades of documented short-weighting and alloy fraud. Valladolid, though never the largest producer in the Crown's system, operated under particularly close scrutiny given its proximity to the royal court during the early part of Felipe's reign.
Cal#587 encompasses a broad date range, and assayer marks are the primary tool for narrowing attribution within it.