Spain 1787-Seg 4 maravedis

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 four maravedis was worth 1/68 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 eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11001, KM-407.2.

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.

Link to:

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• 1787-M ½ escudo
• 1787-M escudo
• 1787-S escudo
• 1787-M 2 escudos
• 1787-S 2 escudos
• 1787-S 4 escudos
• 1787-S 8 escudos
• 1788-Seg 4 maravedis, Charles III
• Coins and currency dated 1787
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)