Barcelona 1708 dinero

Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2695

This specimen was lot 2695 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 30 € (about US$39 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1708. Carlos III, Pretendiente. Barcelona. 1 diner. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This type was issued in Barcelona 1708-11 on behalf of the Austrian archduke Charles, who as Charles III contended unsuccessfully with Philip V for the throne of Spain. It is fairly common in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 0,80 g.

Catalog reference: KM PT3, AC. 1, Cayón-7961.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

Link to:

• 1708 2 reales, for pretender Charles III
• Spain 1708-V F 2 reales
• 1708-Seg 2 reales
• 1708-Seg 4 escudos
• 1708-Seg 8 escudos
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