Gerona 1808 duro
The first specimen was lot 54 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 350 euro (about US$555 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1808. Girona. 1 duro. Gráfila de lineas estrechas y juntas, inclinadas a la derecha. Buen ejemplar. Escasa así. EBC-. (One duro of 1808, Girona mint. Engraved denticles are long and close, angled to right. Nice example, scarce thus, about extremely fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 579 in Aureo y Calicó sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for €160 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"1808. Fernando VII. Girona. 1 duro. Flan pequeño. MBC. (Spain, Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, one duro from Girona. Small flan, very fine.)"
During the early uprising against the French in 1808, many localities seized independence and issued their own coinage, including Gerona in Catalonia. The town's independence was snuffed out by the French invader and this is the only type at all available to collectors tho it is not common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-15779, Cal. 428, KM 10, Dav-311.
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- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Colleción Leunda, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
- [2]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Pública 261, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2014.
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