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FELIPE IV (1621-1665). Trentí. (Au 7.06g / 30mm). 1626. Barcelona. (Cal-2019-1720). VF. Coinage voids. Very scarce.

The first minting of a gold Trentín dates back to the reign of Felipe III and it was a coin conceived for circulation exclusively in Catalonia. From the first moment it followed the pattern of the so-called Double-sided Doubloon of the Catholic Monarchs or Double Duchy of Pragmatics of 1497. In fact, both coins are so extremely similar that only because of the more or less rigid features of the portraits, more Romanesque or more Renaissance, we can differentiate them from each other. From the time of Felipe IV, we can find two possible variants on the obverse: pieces with minted stars, like the one in question, or with the B mark, which makes a direct allusion to the Barcelona mint. Furthermore, the minting of 1626 coincides with the presence of the king himself in the Cortes of Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia, a sine qua non condition that these territories imposed on the monarch to approve the centralizing reforms that Olivares intended to carry out.