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Dinero - Jaime I
| Issuer | Valencia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1213-1276 |
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| Reference(s) | Cru#316 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a stylized palm tree whose trunk merges into a tall cross, the arms of which extend to the edge of the inner circle, with small pellets or decorative elements at the terminals. The design is enclosed within a beaded circle, with the mint name legend distributed around the periphery. The overall composition is characteristic of the Valencian dinero type introduced following the Christian reconquest of Valencia, blending Carolingian cross motifs with local symbolism. |
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Jaime I of Aragon conquered Valencia from the Moors in 1238 after a two-year campaign, and the establishment of a distinct Valencian coinage was a deliberate act of political separation — Valencia was constituted as its own kingdom rather than absorbed into Aragon proper, with its own laws, the Furs de València, promulgated in 1261. This dinero circulated under that newly codified legal order.
The billon content of Valencian issues from this reign was subject to periodic debasement as the crown financed ongoing frontier warfare against remaining Moorish territories to the south.