Igualada (1641) 5 reales
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This specimen was lot 1794 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $309.40. The catalog description[1] noted, "CATALONIA: Louis XIII, 1610-1643, AR 5 real, Igualada, ND, struck 1641-1642 during the Reapers' War / Catalan Revolt, VF, RR." Igualada is a town northwest of Barcelona in Barcelona province. During the War of the Pyrenees (ended 1659), the French occupied Catalonia with the collaboration of the locals and struck coins there. This type was struck in Igualada 1641-42 only and is rare. Eventually, the Spanish expelled the French and crushed Catalan autonomy.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 11.65 g.
Catalog reference: KM-66, Cal-p379, Cayón-6896.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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