Barcelona 1809 peseta
This specimen was lot 626 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €90 (about US$119 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1809. Catalunya Napoleónica. Barcelona. 1 peseta. Impurezas. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, French occupation of Catalonia, one peseta of 1809, Barcelona mint. Planchet flaws, about very fine.)"
This silver coin was issued from Barcelona during the French occupation for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1809-14 and accompanied by a silver two and a half pesetas and five pesetas, the first coins denominated in pesetas. In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso. This coin is not common. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 5,79 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14666, KM 70, Cal-45.
- 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 4 quartos
- 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 1811 peseta
- Coins and currency dated 1809