Catalonia 1814 6 quartos
This specimen was lot 1703 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €170 (about US$237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Ferdinand VII (1808-1833), Cu 6 quartos, 1814, Catalogne (Majorque). Petit coup sur la tranche. Superbe. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, copper six quartos, Catalonia mint. Small rim nick, Extremely 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 three quartos. In the local currency, six quartos = 1/20 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.
Specification: 14 g, copper, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14902, A.C. 20; KM 116.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
Link to:
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- Catalonia 1813 ochavo
- Catalonia 1813 3 quartos
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- 1814-M ½ real
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- 1814-C CJ 8 reales
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- 1814-M 8 reales
- Barcelona 1814 20 pesetas
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- 1814-M 2 escudos, bare bust of Ferdinand VII
- 1814-M 4 escudos
- 1814-C 8 escudos
- 1814-M 8 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1814
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)