Spain 1813-M RN 10 reales
The specimen shown was lot 252 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, Spain, March 2011), where it sold for €2,050 (about US$3,383 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1813. Madrid. RN. 10 reales. Preciosa pátina con restos de brillo original. Rara y más así. EBC-. (Ten reales of 1813, Madrid mint, beautiful patina with most of the original luster. Rare, nearly extremely 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: 135,000.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.903 fine silver, .393 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14695, KM 541, Cal-43.
- 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, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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