Spain 1811-C SF 4 reales
This specimen was lot 1697 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Ferdinand VII (1808-1833), AR 4 reales, 1811 SF, Catalogne (Tarragone ou Majorque). Buste cuirassé. Très rare. Beau/Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, silver four reales of 1811, Catalonia mint (Tarragona or Mallorca). Armored bust. Very rare, Fine/Fine - Very Fine.)"
This type was struck at Palma de Mallorca in 1811, where supporters of the Bourbons had taken refuge under the protection of the British navy while Spain was occupied by Napoleon. The bust used here is unique to this issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.896 fine silver, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 465, Cayón-15668, A.C. 1033.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean
Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
Link to:
- Catalonia 1811 1½ cuartos
- Catalonia 1811 3 quartos
- Barcelona 1811 4 quartos
- Barcelona 1811 peseta
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- 1811-C 2 reales, Cadiz mint
- 1811-V 2 reales
- 1811-V 4 reales
- 1811-M 4 reales de vellon
- 1811-C 8 reales, Cadiz mint
- 1811-V 8 reales
- 1811-C 2 escudos, Cadiz mint
- 1811-M 20 reales de vellon
- 1811-M 80 reales
- 1811-C 8 escudos, Cadiz mint
- 1812-C 4 reales, Cataluña mint
- 1813-C 8 reales, Cataluña mint
- 1813-C 2 escudos, Cataluña mint
- 1813-C 8 escudos, Cataluña mint
- Coins and currency dated 1811
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)