Spain 1810-V SG 4 reales

photo courtesy Soler y Llach

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This Spanish four reales was struck at the Valencia mint in 1810. The first specimen was lot 744 in a recent Soler y Llach sale (Barcelona, November 2009). The type was struck 1809-11 as French troops occupied the rest of Spain. Unlike the Latin American mints which concentrated on eight reales, Spanish four reales are more available than eight reales. The Valencia mint struck two and four reales 1809-12 and some four reales de vellon in 1823.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, .390 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15667, KM 453.2.

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, 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, 5 de Noviembre 2009, Barcelona, 2009.

Link to:

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• 1810-M 20 reales de vellon
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