Manresa 1641 5 reales
This specimen was lot 947 in Aureo sale 291 (Barcelona, April 2017), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,540 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1641. Guerra dels Segadors. Manresa. 5 rals. Anv.: Armas catalanas entre ( ) y . PHILIPP9 D G - R -HIS(...). Rev.: Roel en 1er y 4º cuartel.-CIVI(...)-(...)NO-RISÆ-1641. Felipe IV. Muy atractiva. Muy rara. MBC+. (Manresa, War of the Reapers, five reales of 1641. Obverse: crowned arms of Catalonia divide 'V-R'; reverse: rings in first and third quarters, pellets in second and fourth quarters. Very attractive, very fine or better.)"
Lluís XIII is better known to history as Louis XIII of France. 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 Manresa 1641 only and is rare.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 11,30 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6086, KM 67 (listed under Catalonia rather than Spain), Cru.C.G. 4619, Cru.Segadors 95a.4 (plate coin), Cal. 69.
- 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.
- Calicó, Ferrán, Xavier Calicó and Joaquin Trigo, Monedas Españolas desde Felipe II a Isabel II, Años: 1556 a 1868, 5ª edicion, Barcelona: Gráficas Reclam, 1982.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 291: Collección Egara, vol. II y Collección Verdaguer, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2017.
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