Girona 1642 seiseno KM-14

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1406

This specimen was lot 1406 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 170 € (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1642. Reaper's war. Girona. 1 sisè. Principat. Pointed shield. Attractive. Scarce in this condition. MBC+ [choice very fine]." During the War of the Pyrenees (ended 1659), the French occupied Catalonia with the collaboration of the locals and struck coins there. This scarce type was struck 1640-42. Another seiseno (KM 82) has the bust of king Louis XIII.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper, this specimen 3,39 g.

Catalog reference: AC. 138, Cru.C.G. 4607b, Cayón-6866, KM 14 (listed under Catalonia).

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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