Catalan Union 1900 5 pesetas
This specimen was lot 34604 in Heritage sale 3135 (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $2,074. The catalog description[1] noted, "Spain: Barcelona. Catalonian Union 5 Pesetas 1900 MS63 NGC, Barcelona mint. Our first opportunity to offer this beautiful Union issue in silver, with the present example tied for the Top-Pop position at NGC. The surfaces remain largely untoned save for subtle amber hue along the reverse margins." This coin is part of a privately minted six piece set (five and ten centimos in bronze, one and five pesetas in silver and twenty and 100 pesetas in gold). Wikipedia comments,
"The conservative elements of Catalan nationalism founded the League of Catalonia in 1887 who, in 1891, were united with the group La Renaixença, creating the Unió Catalanista (Catalanist Union). The Unió redacted, in 1892, the Basis of Catalan regional autonomy, also known as Basis of Manresa, a program that demanded a specific autonomy for Catalonia."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 25 g, silver, 37 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, Cal-135, KM unlisted.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2026 September 1 - 5 ANA World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction #3135, featuring The Vila Rica Collection of Brazilian Gold Coins, Part II, and The Grundy Collection of Latin American and Spanish Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2026.
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