Spain 1812-M RN 10 reales
This specimen was lot 353 in Aureo sale 269 (Barcelona, July 2015), where it sold for €220 (about US$284 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1812. José Napoleón. Madrid. RN. 10 reales. Un sólo mundo entre las columnas. Escasa. MBC-. (Spain, Joseph Napoleon, ten reales of 1812, Madrid mint, variety with only one globe between the pillars, scarce, about very fine.)"
This type was issued at Madrid 1809-13 and is a rare denomination, designed to compete with the traditional four reales. The twenty reales de vellon introduced by José Napoleon was the favored denomination in the 1820's until 1849.
Recorded mintage: 490,000 (including assayer AI).
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW, this specimen 13,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 541, Cal. 44, Cayón-14693.
- 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Link to:
- 1812-Seg 8 maravedis
- 1812-M real de vellon
- 1812-C CI 2 reales
- 1812-C SF 2 reales
- 1812-M IJ 2 reales
- 1812-M AI 4 reales de vellon
- 1812-S 4 reales de vellon
- 1812-C 4 reales, Catalunya mint
- 1812-M 20 reales
- 1812-S 20 reales
- 1812-C 8 reales, Catalunya mint
- 1812-M 8 reales
- 1812-C 2 escudos
- 1812-M 2 escudos
- 1812-M 80 reales
- 1812-M 320 reales
- 1813-M 10 reales
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
- Coins and currency dated 1812