Barcelona 1809 5 pesetas

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Aureo sale 232, lot 262

The specimen shown was lot 262 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 620 euros (about US$1,023 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Dominación Francesa. 1809. Barcelona. 5 pesetas. Leves impurezas del cuño. Atractiva. Escasa. EBC. (French occupation, five pesetas of 1809, Barcelona mint, light planchet laminations, attractive, scarce, extremely fine.)

This silver coin was issued from Barcelona during the French occupation of Spain for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1808-14 and accompanied by a silver one peseta and 2½ pesetas, the first coins denominated in pesetas. In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso; this coin would have traded for a Latin American peso. 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.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14699, KM 69, Cal-14, 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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