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Enrique - Enrique IV Segovia
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1455-1471 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Segovia Mint |
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Enrique IV's gold coinage from Segovia emerged from one of the most politically unstable reigns in Castilian history. Nobles openly questioned the king's legitimacy, and in 1465 a group of magnates staged the "Farce of Ávila," symbolically deposing a effigy of Enrique in a public ceremony — an almost unprecedented act of aristocratic defiance. The Segovia mint, operating under royal concession, continued striking through this turmoil.
The .990 fineness held, but Enrique's broader monetary policies were widely criticized for debasing lesser denominations, fueling inflation that undermined confidence in the currency across the Crown's territories.