Juana y Felipe I (1504-1506). 1/2 real castellano. 1505. Brujas. Anv.: PHS IOHANNA DEI GRA RES S REGIA 1505. Rev.: CASTELLE LEGOLS SC ARCHIDVCS SC. Ag. 1,51 g. Leve perforación aprovechando el 0 de la fecha. De la más alta rareza, solamente otro ejemplar conocido. Casado con Juana hija y heredera de los Reyes Católicos en 1495, llamado el hermoso por Luis XII de Francia que al verlo en Blois camino de Castilla en 1501, acompañado de Juana, para ser jurados como Príncipes de Asturias dijo "He aquí un hermoso príncipe En 1505 muerta la reina Isabel emprende viaje a Castilla para ser proclamado rey como Felipe I en las cortes de Valladolid después de que por la Concordia de Villafáfila de 1506 su suegro Fernando se retirara a Aragón. Fallece en ese mismo año a los 28 años en Burgos en la madrugada entre el 25 y el 26 de septiembre después de enfermar jugando a la pelota en un lugar frio el 16 de septiembre. Dadas sus malas relaciones y lo rápido de la muerte corrió el rumor de que su suegro Fernando lo mandó envenenar. Sin embargo, lo más probable es que falleciera de peste que ese verano causó muchas muertes en Burgos. Con motivo del viaje de 1505 para asumir la corona, mandó a las cecas de Brujas y Amberes la acuñación de una nueva moneda, el real de plata o “real español” y su mitad, destinado a circular en España y a sufragar los gastos del viaje de los ya soberanos de Castilla, León y Granada, tal como se ve en el reverso de la moneda que se presenta. Su acuñación comenzó en abril de 1505 y terminó en mayo de 1506, labrándose con metrología castellana, la derivada de la Pragmática de 1497, con calidad de 11 dineros y 5 granos lo que viene a ser una pureza de 934 milésimas (alta calidad de plata, para impresionar a su suegro Fernando) y 71¼ piezas en marco o sea 3,45 g. Circularon también en los Países Bajos con un valor de seis gros y medio gros de Flandes. Para el medio real la misma calidad y la mitad de peso y valor De este medio real solamente se conocen de la ceca de Brujas, sin saber cuántas piezas se acuñaron. Igualmente, es una moneda netamente castellana a semejanza del medio real de plata de Isabel y Fernando anterior a la Pragmática de 1497, con las iniciales de los soberanos juntas y coronadas. En el reverso se combinan los símbolos de los reinos propios de doña Juana, Castilla, León y Granada con los de don Felipe, Cruz de Borgoña y briquet de pedernal del que pende el Toisón de Oro. Por último, mencionar que esta es la primera moneda castellana fechada, lo que no volveremos a ver hasta bien entrado el reinado de Felipe II su nieto. Estas piezas y las similares de Carlos y Juana son más castellanas que los reales de Fernando I de Portugal, ya que acuñadas en Flandes, lo fueron por reyes proclamados por las Cortes de Castilla. MBC. Est...3000,00.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Philip I and Joanna (1504-1506). 1/2 real castellano. 1505. Bruges. Anv.: PHS IOHANNA DEI GRA RES S REGIA 1505. Rev.: CASTELLE LEGOLS SC ARCHIDVCS SC. Ag. 1,51 g. Holed. Of the highest rarity, only one other known specimen.In 1495 he married Joanna, daughter and heiress of the Catholic Monarchs. He was named “the Handsome” by Louis XII of France, who said: “Here is a handsome prince”, when he saw Joanna and him in Blois in 1501, as they were heading towards Castile in order to be proclaimed Prince and Princess of Asturias. In 1505, as Queen Isabella had already passed away, he travelled to Castile, where he would be proclaimed king under the name of Philip I. The coronation took place at the Courts of Valladolid after Ferdinand had retired to Aragon as a consequence of the Treaty of Villafáfila of 1506. That same year Philip I died in the morning between the 25th and 26th of September at the age of 28. It was said that he had fallen ill after playing with the ball in a cold place on September 16th. But due to his bad relationship with his father-in-law and the quickness of his death, there were rumours that Ferdinand had him poisoned. However, the odds are that he died of plague, as it caused many deaths in Burgos that summer. On the occasion of his trip of 1505 in order to assume the crown, he ordered the mints of Bruges and Antwerp to issue a new coin: the silver real, or Spanish real, and its half. They circulated in Spain and were meant to cover the expenses of the trip of those who were already the monarchs of Castile, León and Granada, as shown on the reverse of the coin we are presenting. The minting started in April 1505 and finished in May 1506 and the coin was made in accordance with the Castilian metrology, stemming from the Pragmatica of 1497. It had a quality of 11 dineros and 5 granos, which equals a fineness of 934 thousandths (high quality silver in order to impress his father-in-law, Ferdinand) and 71¼ pieces in marco, that is to say, 3,45 g. They also circulated in the Netherlands, where they were worth six and a half gros of Flanders. As for the half a real, it had the same quality, but half the weight and value. We only know the mint of Bruges as a producer of this half a real, but the number of pieces coined remains unknown. This is a purely Castilian coin, the same as the silver half a real of Isabella and Ferdinand, which was older than the Pragmatica of 1497, and showed the monarchs’ initials together and crowned. On the reverse, the symbols of Joanna’s kingdoms (Castile, León and Granada) are combined with those of Philip’s (Cross of Burgundy and Golden Fleece). Finally, I would like to mention that this is the first Castilian coin showing a date, which we will not see again until the kingdom of his grandson, Philip II. These pieces and those of Charles and Joanna are more Castilian than the reales of Ferdinand I of Portugal, as they had been minted in Flanders following the instructions of the monarchs proclaimed by the Castilian Courts. VF. Est...3000,00.