Castile (1379-90) blanca
This specimen was lot 74609 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Castile & Leon. Blanca, ND (1379-90). Uncertain Mint. PCGS AU-58. Obverse: + AGNVS DEI QVI TOLIS, Lamb of God with flag, annulet at left; Reverse: + PE CATA : MVNDI MISE, crowned monogram. Sharply struck and well-centered, the finer details of the lamb quite apparent." Juan I was king of Castile and Leon 1379-90. He died at the age of 32 after falling from his horse. He issued reales, half reales and cornados in silver and blancas and half blancas in billon. The blanca was a new denomination and we are uncertain of its face value, which was probably low. This example lacks a mintmark but the coin is recorded from Burgos, Cordoba, Cuenca, Leon, Segovia, Seville, Toledo and Zamora.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: Cayón-1478.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
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- Castile (1369-79)-T real, Toledo mint
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- Castile (1379-90)-S 1/2 real, Seville mint
- Castile (1379-90)-S real
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