SEISENO: COIN OF VALENCIA (SPAIN)
Seiseno, 1710: Kingdom of Valencia (Spain)
Ruler: Philip V (Spanish "Felipe") — King of Spain from 1700 to 1746 (on 14 January 1724 Philip abdicated the Spanish throne to his eldest son, the seventeen-year-old Louis; but Louis died on 31 August in Madrid of smallpox, and Philip was restored to the Spanish throne). His total reign, 45 years and 16 days, is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy.
HISPANIARVM REX, 1710: King of the Spains, 1710.
Crowned monogram of Philip V with number "6" inside as coin’s worth.
PHILIPPUS V DEI GRAT: Philip V by the Grace of God.
Coat of arms of Castile and León between "F" and "V" (in 1707 Philip issued the Nueva Planta decrees, which centralized Spanish rule under the Castilian political and administrative model and in the process abolished the charters of all independently administered kingdoms within Spain; the Kingdom of Valencia as a legal and political entity was finally ended in 1707 as a result of the Spanish War of Succession).
To be honest, I am personally surprised by the fact that this seiseno is massively classified as a "Kingdom of Valencia" coin, when it would probably be more logical to classify it as a "Spain" section (Kingdom of Valencia ceased its formal existence in 1707; there is no mention of Valencia on this coin, either in the legend or graphically).
- Copper: 26 mm - 5.31 g
- Reference price: 7.7$
COIN SEISENO — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- KINGDOM OF VALENCIA, SPAIN (1709-1713): seiseno = 6 dinero = 1/40 libra (conventional, accounting monetary unit)
- PRINCIPALITY OF CATALONIA, SPAIN (1640-1652): seiseno = 6 dinero
SEISENO as coin name.
Seiseno — historical copper coin of Spain that was worth 6 dinero. Not a very common denomination, which is found relatively infrequently in collections.
It was minted during the 17th and 18th centuries by two issuers: the Principality of Catalonia and the Kingdom of Valencia. That is, we are talking about seiseno of two types.
In numismatic catalogs, all these coins are usually assigned to the "Spanish States" section.
The first to appear were the Catalan seisenos of the 1640s from the cities of Barcelona, Girona, Terrassa... These coins did not contain any value indication.
Much more widespread are the Valencian seiseno coins of 1709-1713. The name of the coin was not directly indicated on them either, but the number "6" is present — equivalence to six dinero.
The name of this coin fully reflects its essence: seiseno = 6 dinero, because in Spanish six is translated as "seis".
By the way, coin collectors and historians know about an analogue originally from Italy at that time — sesino (Italian "sei" — six). Sesino = 6 denaro.
