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Meaja - Alfonso X two points
| Issuer | Castile and Leon, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1281 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alfonso X's monetary reform of 1281 was a desperate measure. Decades of debasement had made Castilian coinage nearly worthless, and the king — already in open conflict with his son Sancho and facing baronial revolt — pushed through a new tariff structure that reassigned official values to circulating fractions. The meaja, the smallest denomination in everyday use, was tariffed at half a dinero, and the "two points" designation distinguishes this emission from otherwise visually similar meajas by a privy mark difference that still generates classification disputes among specialists citing Álvarez Burgos.