Spain 1830-Seg 4 maravedis
This specimen was lot 856 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 50 € (about US$76 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,
"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1830. Segovia. 4 maravedís. Limpiada. (EBC+). (Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, four maravedis of 1830, Segovia mint. Cleaned, choice extremely fine.)"
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 four maravedis was worth 1/68 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1813-33 and was accompanied by copper one, two and eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14873, KM 489.2, Cal. 1714.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
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