Barcelona 1810 quarto
This specimen was lot 506 in Soler y Llach's January, 2010, sale where it sold for 99 euros (about US$169 with buyers' fees). The catalog description noted, "OCUPACIÓN NAPOLEÓNICA de CATALUNYA. 1 Quarto. 1810. BARCELONA. MBC+" (French occupation of Catalonia, one quarto of 1810, Barcelona mint, choice 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 but a common date for the type.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14628, KM 65, Cal-94.
- 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.
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