Castile 1 dinero ND (1406-1454) 

• 1406 
• Castile 
• 1 dinero 
• Spain - Spanish-Arab Period (711-1492) 

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Coins

Castile 1 dinero ND (1406-1454)

1406

Buildings, Castles, Shields

17

II

Obv; Bearded head, left Rev; Castle Coin "cobs" were made by a faster method, which by-passed rolling a bar into a sheet of a specific thickness that could then be cut into smooth round planchets for striking into coins. Bars were simply cut into chunks of the appropriate weight, which were treated as if they were finished planchets, and then hammer struck between crude dies. In fact, the Spanish word "cabo" (from which the English "cob" is derived) refers to the end; in this instance, a clump clipped off the end of the bar. The size, shape, and impression of such cobs was highly irregular but they were the proper weight, and if a cob was over-weight the minter simply clipped a piece off, further disfiguring the coin. Many cobs were quite thick and disfigured with large cracks. Such clumps made poor planchets, so that frequently only a small portion of the image on the die was impressed on the coin.