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5 Sous Besalú
| Issuer | Principality of Catalonia |
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| Year | 1642 |
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| Value | 5 Sous (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the crowned Arms of Aragon — a vertically striped shield of four pallets — surmounted by a royal crown with fleur-de-lis finial. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, with the circular Latin legend reading V S PRINCIPATVS CATAL (5 Sous, Principality of Catalonia) distributed around the periphery. The lettering is in Gothic style, separated by small pellet stops, typical of mid-17th-century Catalan hammered coinage. The flan is irregular in shape, as is characteristic of the hammered technique of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | OPIDVM BISVLDVNENS 1642 (Translation: City of Besalú) |
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