Spain 1822-B SP 4 reales
This Spanish four reales was struck at the Barcelona mint in 1822-23. The catalog price is low for specimens in circulated condition. Unlike the traditional four reales, which was half a peso, this coin was worth only a fifth of a peso. This specimen was lot 275 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 325 euros (about US$536 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1822. Barcelona. SR. 4 reales. Tipo ´cabezón´. Golpecito canto. Bellísima. Brillo original. Muy rara así. EBC+. (Four reales of 1822, Barcelona mint, "Big head" type, tiny nick, beautiful luster, rare thus, choice extremely fine.)
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.41 g, 0.903 fine silver, .157 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-15587, KM 562.1, Cal. 832.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1811-M 4 reales
- 1822-M SR 4 reales de vellon, large head
- 1822-M 20 reales
- 1822-S 20 reales de vellon
- 1822-B 80 reales
- 1822-M 80 reales
- 1822-M 160 reales
- 1822-M 320 reales
- 1823-B 4 reales
- 1823-V 4 reales
- Cuba (1841) lattice countermark on a Spanish 4 reales of Ferdinand VII
- Coins and currency dated 1822
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)