Juan II of Navarre held the kingdom largely through his wife Blanca I, whose death in 1441 triggered a dynastic civil war between Juan and his own son Carlos de Viana that consumed Navarre for decades. This small billon cornado circulated through that conflict — a war in which the French crown, Castile, and Aragon all intervened at various points, reducing Navarre to a pawn rather than a sovereign player.
The billon content of these issues degraded noticeably across the emission period as fiscal pressure mounted.
Juan II of Navarre held the kingdom largely through his wife Blanca I, whose death in 1441 triggered a dynastic civil war between Juan and his own son Carlos de Viana that consumed Navarre for decades. This small billon cornado circulated through that conflict — a war in which the French crown, Castile, and Aragon all intervened at various points, reducing Navarre to a pawn rather than a sovereign player.
The billon content of these issues degraded noticeably across the emission period as fiscal pressure mounted.