5 Groats Cervera,shield

Cervera's mint was activated in 1641 under extraordinary circumstances: the Catalan Revolt, known as the Guerra dels Segadors, had erupted that year as Catalan institutions openly broke with Philip IV of Spain. The Principality needed its own coinage to fund the conflict and assert institutional independence, and Cervera — one of the few inland mints with capacity — was pressed into service alongside Barcelona. France's Louis XIII was simultaneously being recognized as Count of Barcelona, making this issue a direct product of that fractured, dual-authority moment in the Crown of Aragon's final convulsions.