1 Dinar - Ferdinand II Countermark

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Sicily (Italian States)
King	Ferdinand II (1479-1516)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1489-1490
Value	1 Dinar (29⁄2)
Currency	Tari (1060-1754)
Composition	Gold (.875)
Weight	4.68 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Countermarked, Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 438157
References	MEC XIV# p. 328 Philip Grierson, Lucia Travaini; 1998. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 14: Italy III - South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Eagle Countermark on Dinar.

Script: Latin

Lettering: F

Translation: Frederick

Reverse

Arabian legend.

Mint

Messina, Sicily, Italy

Comments

Sicily sold tons of wheat to Hafsid North Africa during 1489 to avert a famine, and were paid in dinars. By a September 24, 1489 decree, the countermarking of these coins was authorized, for their circulation in Sicily at a value of 29 silver carlini (14.5 taris)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (1489-1490)

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Actual gold weight: 0.132 oz

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