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Cruzado - Henry II Cordoba

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Castile and Leon (Spanish States)
King Henry II (1366-1379)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1369-1373
Value 1 Real (⅑)
Currency Real (1350-1400)
Composition Billon
Weight 2 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
131623
References AB# 466
Fernando Álvarez Burgos; 1998. Catálogo de la moneda medieval castellano-leonesa / Volume III: siglos XI al XV. Vico & Segarra, Madrid, Spain.

Obverse

Crowned bust left

Script: Latin

Lettering: ENRICVS REX LEGIONIS

Unabridged legend: Henricus Rex Legionis

Translation: Henry II King of Leon

Reverse

Cross

Script: Latin

Lettering: ENRICVS REX CASTELLE

Unabridged legend: Henricus Rex Castellae

Translation: Henry II King of Castile

Mint

Córdoba, Spain (1661-1665)

Comments

The diameter of the coin can be used to attribute roughly the minting year, since this coins carry no date.
An excerpt of ENRIQUE II Y SU MONEDA TRASTAMARISTA by Elena Ballesteros Iglesias details how the size of this coin and its silver content diminished in a short period of 4 years.
Translated from Spanish, from the original research paper (https://www.academia.edu/6838527/ENRIQUE_II):
"The cruzados should have a size of 120 pieces on a Mark and one eighth of silver, that is, a weight of 1.94 g containing 0.242 g of silver, slightly less than an eight of silver, to the detriment of the Real. Three periods are distinguished, the first one in which the cruzados would reach legal weight and show a Latin cross, which would include those made between May 1369 and June 1370; a second one, in which the cruzados would weight around 1.50 g, minted until the year 1371; and those minted later, with a weight that would slightly exceed one gram. The devaluation of 1370 brought not only a reduction in the weight but also in the actual silver content of the cruzados, to the point that their manufacture would have been uneconomical if the value of the silver had been higher than that of the cruzado itself"
More information about the historical reasons for Henry II to mint this coin and others (Cornado, Real) are included in this interesting paper.

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