Cornado
Sign in to savethumb|Cornado minted in Toledo, Spain|Toledo during the reign of [[Sancho IV of Castile (1284–1295)]] thumb|Kingdom of Navarre|Navarran cornado minted in 1757, during the reign of Ferdinand VI Cornado is the common name of several Castilian coins made of copper or billon (an alloy of silver and copper), minted from the time of Sancho IV of Castile (13th century) until that of the Catholic Monarchs (16th century).
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thumb|Cornado minted in Toledo, Spain|Toledo during the reign of [[Sancho IV of Castile (1284–1295)]] thumb|Kingdom of Navarre|Navarran cornado minted in 1757, during the reign of Ferdinand VI Cornado is the common name of several Castilian coins made of copper or billon (an alloy of silver and copper), minted from the time of Sancho IV of Castile (13th century) until that of the Catholic Monarchs (16th century).
The name cornado was derived from the fact that the coin's obverse depicted the crowned head of the king.