Barcelona 1626 croat

Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1390

This specimen was lot 1390 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 220 € (about US$285 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1626. Felipe IV. Barcelona. 1 croat. Light hairlines. Fine example. Scarce. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This type is catalogued in the SCWC as a real altho the locals, speaking Catalan, would have called it a croat. It was struck in Barcelona 1626, 1630-33, 1636-40, 1653-58.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.43 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2,69 g.

Catalog reference: KM 23.2, AC. 658, Cayón-5699.

Sources:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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