Grave (Portuguese coin)

 
  1. Grave; billon coin that King Fernando of Portugal had struck in the Galician towns that took voice for him, refusing to follow Enrique II who they say as King Pedro of Castile's murderer and usurper (1369).
  2. The name of the coin delives from the lance depicted on one side. This is the type of lance carried by the French mercenaries of Enrique II of Castile. King Fernando wanted the coins to register his wars with Castile.
  3. 1 grave = 21 Portuguese copper reais (King Fernando, 1369).
  4. 1 grave = 15 soldos (1369-1372).
  5. 1 grave = 7 soldos (after 1372 devaluation).
 
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