Barcelona 1814 20 pesetas

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 359

This specimen was lot 359 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 4,800 € (about US$6,270 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1814. Napoleonic Catalonia. Barcelona. 20 pesetas. Lovely patina. Extremely rare especially in this condition. EBC [extremely fine]. Ex Aureo Selection 2005, no. 323. Ex A. F. Maldonado Collection 01/23/2020, no. 217." 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, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 6.77 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14728, Fr-23, KM 76, AC-56.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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