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Barbuda - Fernando I CR-V, Coruña/Spain mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1370-1371 |
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| Currency | Libra (1st Dynasty, 1128-1383) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and helmeted bust of King Fernando I facing forward (the 'Barbuda' type), depicted without the customary shield over the shoulder. The mint letters CR-V appear in the fields to either side of the effigy. The portrait is rendered in a bold, schematic medieval style typical of hammered billon coinage of the Portuguese First Dynasty. A beaded inner border frames the central design, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (1370-1371) CR-V |
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Fernando I struck this issue during one of the most turbulent stretches of his reign — the first Fernandine War against Castile had recently concluded, and the Portuguese crown was under acute financial pressure. Billon coinage at this purity was a deliberate debasement, allowing the crown to fund military and administrative costs while nominally maintaining a silver currency. The Coruña mint attribution is notable: Fernando operated mints in Galician territories he briefly controlled during his campaigns, making this piece a direct artifact of Portuguese military overreach into Iberian politics.