Spain 1823-V LL 4 reales

Aureo sale 232, lot 2371

This Spanish four reales de vellon was struck at the Valencia mint in 1823. Unlike the traditional four reales, which was half a peso, this coin was worth only a fifth of a peso. This specimen was lot 2371 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 52 euros (about US$86 including buyer's fee). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1823. Valencia. 4 reales. MBC. (Four reales of 1823, Valencia mint, very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.41 g, 0.903 fine silver, .157 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-15610, KM 85 (listed under Valencia), Cal. 1061.

Sources:

• 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:

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• 1823-M 2 escudos
• 1823-B 80 reales
• 1823-M 80 reales
• 1823-S 80 reales
• 1823 320 reales
• 1824-J 8 maravedis
• Cuba (1841) lattice countermark on a Valencia 4 reales of Ferdinand VII
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• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)