Spain 1809-C SF 8 reales

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Ponterio sale 164, ot 2991
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 2991 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $6,900. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1809-SF. Cataluna Mint. High Grade Cataluna Mint Ferdinand VIII 8 Reales Draped bust right; Reverse: Crowned arms of Spain. Dark Toned, sharply struck and very attractive. NGC AU Details--Surface Hairlines. Ex: Kunker Auction #170, lot #3295." In 1808, Napoleon, tiring of Portugal's flouting of his Continental System blockading English trade, decided to invade and occupy that country with Spanish aid. After a complicated deception, both Charles IV and his heir Ferdinand found themselves out of a job and a French army occupying Madrid. Many Spaniards rose against the foreign invader and one such group controlled Seville and issued pesos from the mint there. As Ferdinand was in a French prison, an imaginary bust was used in 1808-09.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver, .786 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15795, KM-455.1; Cal-379, Dav-320.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

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