Barcelona 1813 peseta
This specimen was lot 1693 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €320 (about US$446 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Joseph Napoléon (1808-1813), AR 1 peseta, 1813, Barcelone. Fine griffe au revers. Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, Joseph Napoléon, 1808-13, silver peseta of 1813, Barcelona mint. Light scratch on the reverse, 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: 5.8 g, 0.833 fine silver, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 70, Cayón-14681, A.C. 37.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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