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Dinero 'burgales' - Alfonso X no mintmark
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1252-1258 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | ALF REX LEGION |
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Alfonso X's earliest monetary reform after his accession in 1252 produced the "dinero burgalés," so called because Burgos was the dominant mint of the issue. The burgalés replaced the older pepión as the base denomination, valued at two pepiones — a straightforward doubling that briefly stabilized petty commerce in Castile before Alfonso's chronic fiscal ambition unraveled the system entirely.
By 1258 he was already debasing the coinage to fund military campaigns and an ultimately futile bid for the Holy Roman imperial throne, a pursuit that consumed enormous Castilian treasure over the following decade.