Barcelona 1810 2-1/2 pesetas

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from Aureo sale 291, lot 1119

This specimen was lot 1119 in Aureo sale 291 (Barcelona, April 2017), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,438 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1810. Catalunya Napoleónica. Barcelona. 2 1/2 pesetas. Leves impurezas. Muy rara. MBC/MBC+. (Spain, French occupation of Catalonia, 2½ pesetas of 1810, pimply from rusty dies, very rare, nearly very fine.)"

This silver coin was issued from Barcelona during the French occupation for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1808-10 and 1814 and accompanied by a silver one peseta and five pesetas, the first coins denominated in pesetas. In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso; this coin would have traded for a Latin American four reales. This coin is very scarce. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown; a scarce date.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 13,22 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14687, KM 68 (listed under Catalonia rather than Spain), Cru.C.G. 6015b, Cal. 38.

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 Publica 291: Collección Egara, vol. II y Collección Verdaguer, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2017.

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