Cornado

  1. Cornado.
  2. Coin minted by Enrique II of Castile in which the silver content was lower than the value attributed to the coin. This is past of a monetary reorganization introduced by Enrique II to pay his debts during his military campaigns to secure the crown of Castile. These measures were effective, but caused very high inflation.
  3. 1 cornado = 1/6 maravedí.
  4. 250 cornados = 1 marco.
  5. Bibl: De Francisco Olmos, José María, 'La moneda de la Castilla bajo medieval. Medio de propaganda e instrumento económico', in II Jornadas Científicas sobre Documentación de la Corona de Castilla (siglos XIII-XV), Madrid, 2003, pp. 298-302.
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