Spain 1808-Seg 8 maravedis

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Áureo y Calicó sale 347, lot 308

This specimen was lot 308 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €200 (about US$264 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1808. Carlos IV. Segovia. 8 maravedís. Bella. Rara así. EBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Charles IV, eight maravedis of 1808, Segovia mint. Nice, rare thus, choice extremely 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 eight maravedis was worth 1/17 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 four maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 11,68 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13108, KM 428, AC. 86.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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