5 Reales - Philip IV

Igualada's 1641 emission belongs to the Catalan Revolt — the Guerra dels Segadors — when Catalonia repudiated Philip IV and placed itself under French protection, briefly recognizing Louis XIII as Count of Barcelona. Municipal and ecclesiastical authorities across the region struck their own coinage as the normal Castilian supply collapsed under wartime disruption. Igualada was a modest wool-trading town with no established mint, which explains both the irregular weight behavior documented across surviving specimens and the relatively crude execution compared to Barcelona's own emergency issues.

The revolt itself lasted until 1652, when Barcelona fell after a prolonged siege.