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Dobler - Juan II
| Issuer | Majorca, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1458-1479 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A plain Latin cross dominates the central field, its arms extending nearly to the inner border, dividing the reverse into four quadrants. The cross is boldly struck in low relief, contained within a plain inner circle, with the surrounding field showing the typical uneven surface of a hammered billon flan. A circular Latin legend reading ARAGONUM ET MAIOR runs between the inner circle and the coin's edge, referencing the dual dominions of Aragon and Majorca. The overall design is austere and functional, consistent with the small-denomination coinage of the Crown of Aragon in this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Juan II inherited Majorca as part of Aragon's Mediterranean holdings following the extinction of the Majorcan royal line in 1349, and by his reign the island's billon coinage had become a largely administrative fixture of a kingdom whose financial energies were directed elsewhere — toward Catalonia's brutal civil war of 1462–1472, which consumed nearly the entirety of his reign. The doblers of this period circulated heavily in local Mallorcan markets, and surviving examples in anything above Fine are genuinely uncommon.