Catalonia 1813 3 quartos
This specimen was lot 2824 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 25 € (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1813. Fernando VII. Catalunya (Mallorca). 3 cuartos. 3 curvo. Barnizada. MBC+ [curved 3, lacquered, choice very fine]." This copper coin was issued from Mallorca for use there and in Catalonia. It was issued 1810-14 and accompanied by a copper ochavo, quarto, quarto y medio, two quartos and six quartos. In the local currency, three quartos = 1/40 peso. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848, after which regular Spanish coinage was used.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: copper, this specimen 6,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 115, AC. 13, Cayón-14843.
- 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.
- 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 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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