Spain 1778-Seg 8 maravedis

photo courtesy Soler y Llach

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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 eight maravedis was worth 1/34 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1772-88 and in Madrid 1770-71 and was accompanied by copper one, two and four maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11011, KM 408.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Martí Hervera, Soler y Llach Subastas Internacionales, Subasta Numismática, 5 de Noviembre 2009, Barcelona, 2009.

Link to:

• 1776-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1774-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1778-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1778-M ½ escudo
• 1778-S ½ escudo
• 1778-S 4 reales
• 1778-M 2 escudos
• 1778-M 8 escudos
• 1799-Seg 2 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1778
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)