Spain 1809-M AI 4 reales

photo courtesy Soler y Llach

This Spanish four reales de vellon was struck at the Madrid mint in 1810. It was lot 904 in a recent Soler y Llach sale (Barcelona, July 2010). The type was struck 1809-13 as French troops occupied Madrid. Unlike the traditional four reales, which was half a peso, this coin was a fifth of a peso. It is listed fairly cheaply in circulated condition but does not appear often.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.41 g, 0.903 fine silver, .157 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14667, KM 540.1.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Martí Hervera, Soler y Llach Subastas Internacionales, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona, 2010.

Link to:

• Barcelona 1809 quarto
• Barcelona 1809 2 quartos
• Barcelona 1809 4 quartos
• Barcelona 1809 peseta
• 1809-C SF 4 reales
• 1809-C SF 8 reales
• 1809-S 8 reales, imaginary bust
• 1809-S 8 reales, standard bust of Ferdinand VII
• 1809 5 pesetas, Lerida mint
• 1809-M 8 reales
• 1809-S 2 escudos
• 1810-V 4 reales
• 1810-M 4 reales de vellon
• Coins and currency dated 1809
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)