Spain 1816-J 8 maravedis
This specimen was lot 1434 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €380 (about US$475 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Ferdinand VII (1808-1833), AE 8 maravedis, 1816J, Jubia. Fleur de Coin. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, copper eight maravedis of 1816, Jubia mint, Uncirculated.)"
The Spanish mints feature large issues of a variety of copper coins which did not circulate at all in the Spanish American colonies. In the predecimal system which obtained until 1847, 34 maravedis = one real of silver. This eight maravedis was worth 1/34 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Jubia 1811-17 and was accompanied by copper one, two and four maravedis. The Jubia mint was opened in 1812 during the French invasion and struck only copper coins. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14920, KM 461, C.C.T. 195.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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