Barcelona 1808 5 pesetas

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1601

This specimen was lot 1601 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 360 € (about US$466 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1808. Napoleonic Catalonia. Barcelona. 5 pesetas. Blemishes. Scarce. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This silver coin was issued from Barcelona during the French occupation for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1808-14 and accompanied by a silver one peseta and five pesetas, the first coins denominated in pesetas. In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso; this coin would have traded for a Latin American eight reales. This coin is not common. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, this specimen 26,93 g.

Catalog reference: KM 69, AC. 44, Cayón-14697, Dav-310.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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