Spain 1773-Seg maravedi
This specimen was lot 518 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 50 € (about US$76 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Carlos III (1759-1788). 1773. Segovia. 1 maravedí. Limpiada. (MBC+). (One maravedi of 1773, Segovia mint, cleaned, very fine.)"
The Spanish mints feature large issues of a variety of copper coins which did not circulate at all in the Spanish American colonies. In the predecimal system which obtained until 1847, 34 maravedis = one real of silver. This one maravedi was worth 1/272 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1772-75 and in Madrid 1770-71 and was accompanied by copper four, two and eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10931, KM 405.2, Cal. 1927.
- 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.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
Link to:
- 1772-Seg maravedi
- 1773-Seg 4 maravedis
- 1773-Seg 8 maravedis
- 1773-S 4 reales
- 1773-M 8 reales
- 1773-S ½ escudo
- 1773-M 2 escudos
- 1773-M 4 escudos
- 1773-S 4 escudos
- 1773-M 8 escudos
- 1774-Seg 4 maravedis
- 1774-M ½ escudo
- Coins and currency dated 1773
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)