Majorca (1508-16) real
Mallorca was conquered by Jaime I of Aragon from the Moors in 1229-30. It was part of the crown of Aragon even after the union of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in 1479. Ferdinand issued croats, or reales, for his domains in Aragon, Barcelona, Denia, Mallorca, Navarre, Perpignan and Valencia. This undated type has varieties in the number of waves below the towers in the arms on the reverse. This one shows five waves in the lower third quadrant and three waves in the upper second quadrant. Local issues for Mallorca dwindled after Ferdinand's death in 1516 but appeared occasionally until the War of the Spanish Succession (1700-15).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2.24 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2296.
- 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.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
Link to:
- Barcelona (1474-1504) real
- Majorca (1474-1516) ducat Fr-52
- Majorca (1479-1516) diner, Ferran II (Ferdinand V of Aragon)
- Majorca (1516-56) ducat Fr-54
- Navarre (1512-15) real
- Coins and currency dated 1508
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