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| Emittent | Kingdom of Castile and Leon |
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| Jahr | 1471-1474 |
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| Referenz(en) | AB#710 |
| Aversbeschreibung | Crowned facing bust of King Enrique IV (Henry IV) of Castile, depicted in a stylized late-medieval manner, wearing an elaborate crown and draped mantle, set within a lobate inner border. Below the royal effigy, the crowned letter 'E' (for Enricus) serves as a royal initial mark within the field. The surrounding legend, separated from the central device by a beaded inner circle, reads the Laudes Regiae acclamation in Gothic Latin lettering. The flan is characteristically irregular in shape, as is typical of hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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Enrique IV's monetary policy was a disaster by any measure. Facing chronic fiscal shortages and the ongoing War of Castilian Succession, he licensed an extraordinary number of mints — at one point over 150 operating simultaneously — with little central oversight, producing coins of wildly inconsistent fineness. The Cuenca mint was among the authorized houses, but the king's inability to enforce standards meant that even nominally .931 silver pieces varied considerably in actual alloy composition.
AB#710 corresponds to the final years of his reign, when rival factions were already minting in the name of his half-sister Isabel.