W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

5 1 6 The Coins of Europe
The coins of John of Gaunt as King of Castile.
The gold escudi of Philip II. struck for England.
The 50 reales in silver of Philip III. and IV., and Charles II., and
the 100 reales in gold of Philip IV.
The coinage of Philip V. as King of Spain and Sardinia, 1702,
and that of medallic fabric, 1703, as well as some other issues
both in silver and copper.
. . Both of this and previous reign the pieces are curious for the portraits.
The money of the Pretender Charles of Austria, 1711.
.'. It is occasionally found in unused state.
The money of Joseph Napoleon,
1810-13, especially the 20 reales
of 1813, the minor divisions, and the copper.
The Franco-Spanish Barcelona series, 1809-1 I.
Some of the coins of Isabel II., especially the escudillo of 1853
with the legend only on obverse, and the rare decima de real,
same date.
Foreign, Colonial, and Provincial Series
The coinage for the Spanish Netherlands, especially the early
copper (Charles V., Philip II., etc.).
The coinage for the Italian possessions.
The coinage for Majorca (fourteenth century, Arragonese
models).
The coinage for Mexico (seventeenth century).
The coinage for Valencia, Navarre, and Cataluna.
The foregoing outline will assist in justifying
the view
that the immediate field is a sufficiently ample or wide one,
and in the case of exhaustive treatment, if such a thing were
feasible, may be very readily subdivided into sections or
branches. There are large coinages for Navarre or (after
the accession of Henry IV. to the throne of France) Upper
Navarre and the other constituent parts of the kingdom, in
some instances down to quite recent days that for Valencia
:
long remained of very primitive fabric, and is often struck
on flans of irregular form and insufficient dimensions. The
Arragonese currency for the independent kingdom of Majorca
or the Balearic Isles is limited to the smaller denominations :
a gros of Diego III. (1324-43)
has on obverse a full-face
portrait in a tressure and la Dei Gra Rex Maioricarvm,
and on reverse Comes- Rosil- Et- Ceritanie (Count of Roussillon