Barcelona 1809 4 quartos
This specimen was lot 625 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €75 (about US$99 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1809. Catalunya Napoleónica. Barcelona. 4 cuartos. Buen ejemplar. Ex Colección Manuela Etcheverría. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, French occupation of Catalonia, four quartos of 1809, Barcelona mint. Nice example, choice very fine.)"
This type was struck in Barcelona 1808-14 for circulation in Catalonia during the French occupation. Some were cast instead of struck. No mention is made of the titular king of Spain, Joseph Napoleon, Napoleon's older brother. Half, one and two quartos also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 8,55 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14638, KM 67, Cal-68.
- 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, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
Links to:
- Barcelona 1809 quarto
- Barcelona 1809 2 quartos
- Barcelona 1809 peseta
- 1809-M 4 reales de vellon
- 1809-C SF 4 reales
- 1809-C SF 8 reales
- 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
- Barcelona 1809 5 pesetas
- 1809 5 pesetas, Lerida mint
- Tarragona 1809 5 pesetas
- 1809-S 2 escudos
- 1809-M 80 reales de vellon
- Barcelona 1810 quarto
- Catalonia 1810 3 quartos
- Barcelona 1810 4 quartos
- Coins and currency dated 1809