Barcelona 1809 2 quartos
This specimen was lot 831 in Aureo y Calicó sale 246 (Barcelona, Spain, September 2012), where it sold for 37 € (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Dominación francesa. 1809. Ocupación Napoleónica. Barcelona. 2 cuartos. Rayitas. Escasa. MBC/MBC+. (Napoleonic occupation, Barcelona, two quartos, scratched, scarce, very fine to good very fine.)"
This copper 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, 24 quartos = one peseta and five pesetas = one peso. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.
Recorded mintage: unknown but the most common date.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14634, KM 66, Cal. 88.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
Link to:
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- Barcelona 1809 peseta
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- 1809-C SF 4 reales
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- 1809-S CN 8 reales, imaginary bust
- 1809-S CN 8 reales, laureate bust
- 1809-M IG 8 reales
- 1809-M 20 reales de vellon
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- 1809 5 pesetas, Lerida mint
- Tarragona 1809 5 pesetas
- 1809-S 2 escudos
- 1809-M 80 reales de vellon
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