Caracas 1816 1/4 real
This specimen was lot 8399 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "VENEZUELA. Caracas. 1/4 Real, 1816. Ferdinand VII. NGC Fine Details--Environmental Damage. Well-worn with a good strike and rich mottled brown patina. Close inspection reveals a slight granular texture to the surfaces as indicated on the NGC insert, but this has limited influence on the appearance, which is rather pleasing overall. From the Centuria Collection." This type was originally struck for local use in 1802-05. It was struck again 1813-18 by the royalists as the turmoil of the wars of independence cut off trade. The 1817 and 1818 are the most common dates but nice survivors are few.
Recorded mintage: 750,000.
Specification: copper, 21-25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-C2; Cal-type 29 #64; Cayón-14885; Stohr-8a.
- 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 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.
- Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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