Barcelona 1809 quarto

Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2816

This specimen was lot 2816 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 55 € (about US$71 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1809. Catalunya Napoleónica. Barcelona. 1 cuarto. Rara. MBC- [rare, about very fine]." This copper coin was issued from Barcelona for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1808-13 and accompanied by copper two and four quartos. In the local currency, one quarto = 1/24 peseta. This Spanish coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 2,20 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65, AC. 3, Cayón-14627.

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.
• 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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