Barcelona 1814 peseta

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 628

This specimen was lot 628 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €180 (about US$238 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1814. Catalunya Napoleónica. Barcelona. 1 peseta. Acuñación floja. Pátina irregular. Rara. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, French occupation of Catalonia, one peseta of 1814, weakly struck, irregular toning, rare, about 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: silver, this specimen 5,28 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14684, KM 70, Cal-51.

Source:

  • 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 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 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2020.

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