½ Blanca - Jean de Bethencourt countermark.
Obverse © Patricia Prieto Angulo, licenced under CC BY 4.0 – Reverse © Proyecto Rubicón, licenced under CC BY 4.0
Features
| Issuer |
Canary Islands
(Spanish States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Years | 1402-1406 |
| Currency | Real (1497-1833) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 1 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Countermarked, Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 469464 |
| References | MOMECA# 69.4A Moneda medieval Castellana (https://monedamedieval.es/) |
Obverse
Castle in five-lobe
Countermark "B"
Script: Latin
Lettering: ENRICVS DEI GRACIA
Translation: Henry III by the grace of God
Reverse
Lion in five-lobe
Script: Latin
Lettering: ENRICVS DEI GRACIA
Translation: Henry III by the grace of God
Mint
 (S) |
Royal Mint of Seville (Real Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla), Spain (?-1868) |
Comments
Henry III of Castile grants Jean de Béthencourt monetary power. So he countermarked coins with a gothic “B” (Béthencourt initial) , to be used in San Marcial del Rubicón, Lanzarote. San Marcial was the first European city founded in canary islands.
The coins found at the archeological site are from Henry II and Henry III.
The Béthencourt countermark:
Image by Javier García Montes The countermark
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1402-1406) | |||||||||||||||
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