Caracas 1820-BS 4 reales
This specimen was lot 21953 in the 2010 August Boston, MA Signature ANA World Coin Auction #3010 by Heritage Auctions, where it sold for $11,500. The catalog description noted,
"Ferdinand VII Royalist 4 Reales 1820BS Caracas, KM-C7.2, toned XF with traces of luster in the legends, minor edge bruises. A spectacular example of this rare type and easily the finest we have seen. Most pieces have either been holed or are well worn and less than VF condition. Interestingly, this coin was struck over a Spanish or Spanish colonial 4 Reales with the HISP of the host coin readable along the edge. A true condition rarity for the advanced collector of Venezuela."
Recorded mintage: 29,000.
Specification: 9.5-10.3 g, silver (unknown fineness but likely debased).
Catalog reference: Cayón-15745, KM C7.2.
- 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.
- Stohr, Tomas, El Circulante en la Capitania General de Venezuela, Caracas, Banco Central de Venezuela, 1998.
Link to:
- 1821 ¼ real
- 1819 2 reales
- 1819-BS 4 reales
- 1820 real
- 1829 ¼ real
- Coins and currency dated 1820
- return to coins of Venezuela