Barcelona 1812 20 pesetas
This specimen was lot 33232 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "Spain. Barcelona. Joseph Napoleon gold 20 Pesetas 1812 AU55 NGC, Barcelona mint. The sole gold type produced in Napoleonic Spain, and one that is equally contested and difficult when compared with the more plentiful 5 Pesetas of Joseph Napoleon's reign. Exhibiting exceptionally bold details with subtle patina, a superior example of this scarce type. At present only 2 Mint State pieces have been certified by the grading services, the issue quite often experiencing much heavier circulation than seen here. From the Steve Studer Collection, Part II." This gold coin was issued from Barcelona during the French occupation for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1812-14 and accompanied by a silver one, 2½ and five pesetas, the first coins denominated in pesetas. In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso; this coin would have traded for a two escudos. This coin is not common. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-23, Cayón-14723, KM 76.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Auction 3089: NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas, featuring the Cape Coral Collection of European Crowns and the Penn Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2020.
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