Spain 1802-Seg 4 maravedis
This specimen was lot 887 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $847. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Reino de España. Carlos IV. 1788-1808. CU 4 Maravedis. Segovia mint; im: aqueduct. Dated 1802. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64 RB. Lovely reddish brown toning overall with choice fields. Highest ever graded for the type and date. Purchased from World-Wide Coins of California, March 1981." 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 1788-1808 and was accompanied by copper one, two and eight maravedis. This type is not priced in uncirculated but this specimen sold for 33 times the price in Extremely Fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen Ø25 mm, 4.71 g, 12h axis.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13077, KM 427.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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